It's flat out awe-inspiring to understand what some of the world's least-privileged children can do with what otherwise would have been garbage. These artful, mechanically sophisticated and most importantly fun toys are nothing less than works of creative genius. They're made, re-made and outdone again daily by the kids themselves in the streets of Dakar, Abidjan, Accra, Lagos, Kinshasa, Johannesburg, Nairobi, etc. The text is in French, but half the enjoyment is looking at the pictures. I've seen similar stuff in art books, but this goes a bit deeper than most that concentrate on just the objects themselves. ( )