Animal Hunt : A Picture-Puzzle Book by Peter Frye
New York: Citadel Press, 1944.
Illustrated by Peter Frye. Spiral bound. Very Good- with no dust jacket. Item #14603
Light tone, puzzle pieces used but all present, otherwise light wear. Solid thick card spiral-bound book. ; "Three ways to Have Fun with Animal Hunt: Story - Game - Puzzle "--[1] leaf before title page. Illustrated title; each illustration has movable parts. "Here is a child's "gadget" book that instructs as it amuses. Animal Hunt is a game, a puzzle, and, when the animals are assembled, a book of bright verse and gay pictures. The principles of the jigsaw puzzle, in simplified form, and using only familiar, basic forms as triangles, rectangles, circles, has been applied to charming, full color illustrations of the best known jungle animals. The young reader fits the missing pieces in place to identify each animal. But the various jigsaw pieces can fit into all the animals interchangeably, and the child will have a lot of fun deciding that the zebra's stripes don't look right on the elephant or amongst the leopard's spots." - Rear cover. Charming puzzle book, with all pieces present. ; [13] leaves pages.
Price: $69.95