Name: Our World Cut-Out of the Month – Africa
Written By: William Elliott
Illustrated By: George Diestel
Published By and When: Foster and Stewart Publishing Corp., Buffalo 3, N.Y., 1947
Sizes: (Paper dolls) Father and Mother are 5 inches. Sister is 3-1/2 inches. Brother is 2-1/2 inches; (book) 8-1/2 x 11 inches.
Description: This cut-out book features an African family of the Congo, their house (to construct), and the animals they see. Written by William Elliott this cut-out book uses the Elliott Method of Teaching to allow children to learn “interesting and true facts about other people in our world.”
Other: This non-traditional paper doll book includes paper cut-outs of an African family that includes a paper stand for each. Their family roles are printed on the back of each paper figure. Included are instructions to parents, a map of African countries, an African hut to cut out and assemble, and animal cut-outs with a description of each printed on the back.
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