This is a new collection of origami animals folded from dollar bills. As the author, Sterling Dare, points out, dollar bills are not only universally available, the paper they are made from is some of the best folding paper available (the Bureau of Printing and Engraving estimates the paper can be folded back and forth more than 4,000 times before tearing!). It also attracts and holds an audience's attention. And, perhaps most important of all, unlike balloon animals, an animal folded from a borrowed dollar bill will never bring a child to tears when it breaks. This book does not pre-suppose any prior experience with origami, but begins by introducing the most basic folds before teaching the figures. Dare's animals include a standing cobra, a striking cobra, a camel, a giraffe, a dachshund, a bull, a rabbit, a bat, a parrot, a seahorse, a seal, a dolphin, a penguin, a lizard and a dragon. The book's illustrator, David Petty, former General Secretary of the British Origami Society contributes a beating heart, an elephant, a money tree (which could just as easily be a Christmas tree!) and a beautiful abstract design made from four bills ("money modular"). The book also includes the traditional bowtie, shirt and shorts made from bills. A bibliography and contact information for origami societies in the USA and United Kingdom are included as well. All the completed figures are shown in black and white photographs and dozens of clear illustrations teach the folds.
