This charming book shows you how to have fun with a pastime that has delighted children and adults for generations: making shadow pictures on the wall with your hands and fingers. Selected from the pages of two clever 19th-century picture books, 28 hand-shadow illustrations demonstrate how to create marvelous images of a goose, deer (with antlers), birds, a bunny, a dog, an elephant, a tortoise, and a host of other familiar creatures. For extra enjoyment, the illustrations are accompanied by lively, often hilarious verses by Frank Jacobs, whose zany humor and wacky parodies have appeared in numerous publications. With this book and a bit of practice , you'll soon be delighting friends and relatives with an entertaining performance of shadow art.

Sketches demonstrate the hand positions for producing shadow images of various animals, birds, and human profiles

Detailed illustrations depict the formation of 28 images using only hands and fingers. Entertain friends and family with shadow pictures of a bird, bunny, elephant, and other figures.

Detailed illustrations depict the formation of 28 images using only hands and fingers. Entertain friends and family with shadow pictures of a bird, bunny, elephant, and other figures.

The author of this delightful picture book of hand shadows spent long hours working out the figures in this book. By following his clear visual instruction...you can create a boy, camel, goose, deer, grandpa, bunny, bird in flight, goat, dog, elephant, pig, tortoise, camel [sic], and similar objects. After you have mastered these, it will be a simple matter to invent shadows of your own"--from back cover.