The KnowHow Book of Puppets

Illustrator Malcolm English
Designer John Jamieson
Authors Violet Philpott and Mary Jean McNeil
Year 1977 (first published 1975)
Publisher Usborne
ISBN 0-86020-003-5

About This Book (from the inside front cover)

This is a book which tells you how to make lots of different kinds of puppets and how to work them properly when you have made them. You will find that the puppets at the beginning are easier to make than those at the end.

At the end of the book there is a puppet play. We have started it, leaving you to make up the rest of the story yourself.

The puppets are made from things you will probably be able to find at home. A lot of them are made with glue. When you buy glue, remember to buy strong, quick drying glue like Bostik 1 and UHU.

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The KnowHow Book of Spycraft

Illustrator Colin King
Designer John Jamieson
Authors Falcon Travis and Judy Hindley
Year 1975
Publisher Usborne
ISBN 0-86020-082-5

About This Book (from the inside front cover)

This book is all about keeping secrets. It shows you how to set up secret meeting places and a secret post office and how to disguise your messages. It shows you lots of secret codes and signals.

On the first page you will meet the Black Hat Spy. Watch out for the tricks he plays in Spy Trick – these are things real spies have done. You can see what equipment a spy uses and how he hides it quickly in an emergency.

There are messages in code all through the book. See if you can work them out.

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