(Paperback - 1972 ) 128 Pages, 11oz . Charles D. Rakes, Howard W. Sams Publications, 1st Edition, Technology Engineering Electronic Science, Solid State Electronic Projects
This book is a tad dated and you will find that there are several different releases of the same book as it has been popular for a long time. Nowadays with few exceptions and a few magazines, everything is all computers. You can probably build one of those critters with your eyes closed now that there are a plethora of integrated circuits. All you have to do is choose the part of the chip that you want to use.
What's fun with this book is that you not only learn about solid-state but get to build practical toys. If you have a local electronics store like I do you can still get the parts and breadboard your systems. This book has several fun projects and describes them in enough detail that you can pick the parts and follow the diagrams.