Author : Miriam Formanek-Brunell
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 29,95 MB
Release : 1998-11-30
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780801860621
In Made to Play House, Miriam Formanek-Brunell traces the history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century dolls and explores the origins of the American toy industry's remarkably successful efforts to promote self fulfillment through maternity and materialism. She tells the fascinating story of how inventors, producers, entrepreneurs—many of whom were women—and little girls themselves created dolls which expressed various notions of female identity.
Author : Katrina Rodabaugh
Publisher :
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 35,90 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1592539807
The Paper Playhouse includes a series of how-to art projects that transform cardboard boxes, paper, and found books into imaginative toys, structures, and games for kids!
Author : Miriam Forman-Brunell
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 18,74 MB
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780300050721
As an illustrated social history of the American doll industry this book describes how dolls and doll play changed over time from Gilded Age fashion dolls which inculcated formal social rituals, to the realistic baby dolls of the 1920s fostering girls' maternal impulses.
Author : Robert N. Munsch
Publisher : Cartwheel Books
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 26,30 MB
Release : 2003-05-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780439436908
Rene asks her father and mother to build her a playhouse, a play barn, a play cow, and more, until finally her parents decide that they'd like to have a play Rene. Reprint.
Author : Marion Dane Bauer
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 14,21 MB
Release : 2009-07-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0307497755
When Emily finds a locked playhouse in the woods, she can't resist peeking through the windows. Inside, the walls are painted to look just like the surrounding woods, right down to an identical white playhouse with blue shutters. But the playhouse is not as deserted as Emily first thought. A girl Emily's age lives on the painted walls—and she's dying for Emily to join her! Newbery Honor-winning author Marion Dane Bauer crafts an eerie story for young mystery lovers guaranteed to send shivers down their spines. Marion Dane Bauer is the author of more than 40 books for children, including the Newbery Honor?winning book On My Honor and Rain of Fire, which won a Jane Adams Peace Association Award. She has also won the Kerlan Award for the body of her work. The Blue Ghost is her most recent book for this age group. She lives in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
Author : Joel Henriques
Publisher : Shambhala
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 12,17 MB
Release : 2011-10-11
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0834827646
Delight young children and encourage play through unique handmade toys. From sewn and stuffed musical instruments to interlocking paper building blocks and wooden animal figurines, the projects in this book are meant to encourage open-ended play. Organized by kid-loving subjects, the toys here follow the themes of Zoo; House; Blocks, Cars & Trucks; Dress-Up; Music; and Art. Overall, the projects here are meant to stimulate imagination, build confidence through success and enjoyment, and enhance the bond between family and friends through the creation of unique, artistic handmade toys and crafts. The thirty-five projects in this book include a variety of crafts, from drawing to sewing and light woodworking. The toys presented here are made out of wonderfully tactile materials—repurposed fabrics, wood, and paper—and invite opportunities for creative and imaginative play. Every project is easy to complete, made with accessible materials, and requires little time to make. The projects are simple enough that endless variation can come from the making of each, leaving enough room for you to make the item to suit your own personal interests. With a design aesthetic that is clean, simple, and modern, each project is presented with full-color photos and hand-drawn instructional illustrations and templates. Projects include: • Modern Doll House and Doll House Furniture • Portable Zoo Animals • Abstract Vertical Puzzle • Wooden Nature Scene • Bottle-Cap Tambourine • Exploration Cape • Modern Alphabet Game • Shadow Puppet Theater • And more!
Author : Caseen Gaines
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 44,27 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1550229982
On the 25th anniversary of the show "Pee-wee's Playhouse," the behind-the-scenes story is being told for the first time by those who experienced it. Complete with an episode guide, biographical information about the cast and key members of the show's creative team, never-before-told anecdotes, and previously unpublished photos.
Author : Miriam Formanek-Brunell
Publisher :
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 26,48 MB
Release : 2014-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300207583
Dolls have long been perceived as symbols of domesticity, maternity, and materialism, designed by men and loved by girls who wanted to play house. In this engagingly written and illustrated social history of the American doll industry, Miriam Formanek-Brunell shows that this has not always been the case. Drawing on a wide variety of contemporary sources-including popular magazines, advertising, autobiographies, juvenile literature, patents, photographs, and the dolls themselves-Formanek-Brunell traces the history of the doll industry back to its beginnings, a time when American men, women, and girls each claimed the right to construct dolls and gender. Formanek-Brunell describes how dolls and doll play changed over time: antebellum rag dolls taught sewing skills; Gilded Age fashion dolls inculcated formal social rituals; Progressive Era dolls promoted health and active play; and the realistic baby dolls of the 1920s fostered girls' maternal impulses.She discusses how the aesthetic values and business methods of women doll-makers differed from those of their male counterparts, and she describes, for example, Martha Chase, who made America's first soft, sanitary cloth dolls, and Rose O'Neill, inventor of the Kewpie doll. According to Formanek-Brunell, although American businessmen ultimately dominated the industry with dolls they marketed as symbols of an idealized feminine domesticity, businesswomen presented an alternative vision of gender for both girls and boys through a variety of dolls they manufactured themselves.
Author : Karina Schaapman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 15,10 MB
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0698176715
Beatrix Potter meets I Spy in this detailed and charming storybook adventure Best friends Julia and Sam are mice who live in the Mouse Mansion. When they’re together they find all sorts of adventures—and all kinds of trouble! Come with them as they discover a secret hiding place, greet the ragman, and learn to make pancakes. There is a shop that sells everything and a box full of treasure. And—oh no!—there might even be a rat! The Mouse Mansion is always full of surprises. Author and artist Karina Schaapman spent years building and furnishing the Mouse Mansion in which this collection of stories takes place. The elaborate dollhouse is made of cardboard boxes and papier-mâché and contains more than one hundred rooms to explore.
Author : Jack McKee
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,45 MB
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Children's playhouses
ISBN : 9781481932967
Builder Boards promote working together, develop creativity, encourage problem solving, and teach 3-dimensional thinking. They can be stored in a closet, and can be used inside or outside. A great project for the family to do together, and they last a lifetime.
