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“It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped and whirrr when it stood still….” In Tom Paxton’s The Marvelous Toy, the folk singer delights in a gift, although he “never knew quite what it was, ...

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THE MARVELOUS TOY. By Tom Paxton. Illustrated by Steve Cox. For ages 4-8. Imagine/Peter Yarrow Books. 26 pages. $17.95. If you don't recognize the title, it won't take long for the words to begin ...