Hopscotch, Hangman, Hot Potato & Ha Ha Ha
A Rulebook of Children's Games

Jack Maguire

Introduction by Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo)

Softbound

$15.00

Never again be at a loss of suggestions for "things to do"! Hopscotch . . . is packed with over 250 games, ranging from sports games to indoor games, travel, water, memory and card games. Anything you every played as a child is here - and much more besides. This is a resource book with more potential to generate happiness and health than stacks of most other books. We are very excited to be able to offer this classic treasury and hope it helps more children find the way back to active, joyful play.

Contents:

• Indoor Games for Sunny Days and Rainy Days
• Games to Play on Grass and Playgrounds
• Games to Play on Pavement, Steps and Stoops
• Games to Play in Water
• Party Games for Any Occasion
• Travel Games for Fun on the Road

Games Children Play
How games and sport help children develop

Kim Brooking-Payne

$30.00

This is an exciting collection of games and activities for children from preschool through the teenage years. Interspersed with over 200 games, organized by age group, are articles and commentary on the benefits of the various activities for healthy development, and suggestions as to how to help children overcome challenges of coordination and strength. This is a great book for teachers, parents, coaches, and anyone interested in the relationship between physical and personal development. Kim Brooking-Payne is to be congratulated for his truly excellent work.

Touch the Earth Gently
Games and Sports - Class 1 to 12

Alan Whitehead

$18.95

A great collection of games and movement activities for Waldorf physical education through all 12 grades. Contents: the class trip, family and fun, games and sport, elementary games, water games, facilities, ball games, 7 movements, children's gymnastics, 4 temperaments, bush games, field games, indoor games, equipment games, high school sports, sport physiology, scuba diving, martial arts, sport's joke!, fishing? clean-up, Australia, hunting?!, dancing, Steiner as sportsperson

Child's Play 1 & 2: Games for Life for Children

Wil van Haren &
Rudolf Kischnick

$25.00

This is an almost encyclopedic collection of games and activities for children from preschool to fourteen. Child's Play is a terrific resource for anyone who works with groups of children, as well as being a great refresher course on how to play many of traditional games from our own childhood.

The Big Summer Activity Book

Anne and Peter Thomas

Hardbound

$30.00

Although we can't guarantee that you'll never again hear, "There's nothing to do" from your children, we can guarantee that with this book at your side, you'll have a ready suggestion that's likely to be met with delight.

Based on many years experience of keeping children busy and happy, Anne and Peter Thomas have compiled a huge collection of summer activities that will help keep boredom at bay and help parents feel better, knowing that their children are busy having wholesome fun.

The authors include both indoor and outdoor activities, things to make, things to see, and things to do. It is packed with handy tips on food (like sweets for car journeys), health (such as sunburn), and safety. The Big Summer Activity Book covers everything from simple games that parents might themselves have played as children, to inspiring projects that will challenge the whole family.

Fully illustrated in colour throughout, this is an indispensable handbook that every parent will want to keep handy throughout summer vacations.

Contents:

• Introduction: Whose holidays? — Three important factors
• Holiday preparations: Tips for going on holiday
• Checklist
• In cases of illness—from motion sickness to insect bites and stings, plus a traveling pharmacy
• The weather
• The stars and planets
• Nature
• Orientation in the wild, in nature, and more
• On the beach
• In the mountains
• Games to stretch the muscles
• Living and playing in the countryside
• Tag and other outdoor games
• Playing on the beach
• Indoor and outdoor games
• Creativity with natural materials
• When it rains
• ... plus a revolving celestial chart, songs, and more
  

Button, Button, Who's got the Button?
101 Button Games

Hajo Bücken

Softbound

$15.95

Buttons are easy to find, fun to collect, and they provide the family with lots of games to play. The author takes a light-hearted look at a 101 games, from very easy ones to the more challenging. They include simple guessing games, games using boards or table-tops, and games of imagination, wit, and creativity.

A delightfully improbable book about games to play with buttons.

Pull the Other One
String Games and Stories - Book 1

Michael Taylor

Rainbow String Included!

Softbound

$19.95

String games are played by children (and adults!) all over the world and are often accompanied by songs and stories, sung or told as the string figures develop. These amusing tales are accompanied by clear instructions and diagrams - to teach you tricks to dazzle your firends without tying you in knots! There is something for everybody in this book - making it suitable for ages 5 and up. A rainbow string is included to help get you started.

Now You See It
String Games and Stories
Book 2

Michael Taylor

Softbound - Rainbow String Included

$16.95

Here are more tried and tested string games and stories for your delight and discovery! As in Pull the Other One!, Michael Taylor's clear instructions and diagrams make learning new string games an extremely enjoyable process. There are even tips and tricks for performers and a rainbow string to get you started!

My Year with Harry Potter

Ben Buchanan

Softbound

Sorry - out of print - try to find a copy on the used market

Ben Buchanan is an eleven-year-old author who shares with us - in the most charming and delightful way - how it came to be that the Harry Potter books inspired him to go beyond his dyslexia and into the realm of wonder and creativity.

Reading My Year with Harry Potter is an absolutely treat, because Ben is so exuberant and positive about so much in life - and because he invites us along on his personal journey that ranges from one beautiful breakthrough to another. This is a wonderful book to share with a dyslexic child and to take heart from if you are the parent or teacher of such a child.

As Ben says, "I'm normal, but I'm not normal. I'm normal because I am a normal kid - going to school, being happy, getting homework, having a family. I'm not normal because I'm dyslexic. I have a scare on my head. I'm not normal because mystical things happen to me."

He then describes how his love of the Harry Potter books helped him break the word code so that he could read them himself. Then he created a board game (find out how in Journey to Gameland) based on the books and entered it into his school's yearly Invention Convention, where it became an instant hit. How did he do it? We'll let him tell you - and inspire you and your children!

Ben Buchanan shows his readers what can happen when a young mind is inspired by literature. This school-aged writer's love of the Harry Potter series moved him to create a board game, win personal victories, and later write about his experiences.

- Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States

Journey to Gameland
How to Make a Board Game from your Favorite Children's Book

Ben Buchanan, Carol J. Adams, Susan Allison

Illustrated by Doug Buchanan

Softbound

$12.95

Eleven-year-old Ben Buchanan, who created a board game based on the popular Harry Potter books, provides advice for all children who would like to turn their favorite book into a board game. along with his co-authors, he offers a ste-by-step process, with suggestions for parents, librarians, and teachers, on how to help children transform their favorite book into a board game.

The book shows ho you can have hours of fun creating the board game - then have lots more hours of fun playing! Journey to Gameland encourages children (and parents and teachers, too!) to develop their own creativity - and to joyously engage with books.

As an aside, I found that I had hours of fun reading Journey to Gameland, too! This is a win-win book!!