children's book - ball of string

[Marc]

I'm trying to remember the title of a book from my childhood: a story of a boy who created the most amazing engineering projects all from a single ball of string. Circa 1970s. Line drawings, possibly pencil crayon lines.

[Kodi]

Hi Marc! I believe you’re thinking of A Big Ball of String by Marion Holland. I used to read that at my Gram’s house! :)

[Rainbowheart]

A Big Ball of String for Kodi's suggestion.

[bookel]

Ditto that. "A boy's adventures while adding to his ball of string and using it when he is confined to bed are highly creative. Red and blue colored pencil highlights the drawings."

[Kris]

Here's a Youtube video reading of A Big Ball of String by Marion Holland - Kodi and bookel's suggestion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJP7n...

[Molly]

You mention crayon lines...so I'll throw out Harold and the Purple Crayon just in case!

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Marc, your topic header is too vague. It says "ball of string."

You need to put your full sentence in your topic header: "children's book: a story of a boy who created the most amazing engineering projects all from a single ball of string."