Children's Games in Street and Playground

by Peter Opie and Iona Opie

Book Overview

This record of children's outdoor games played in the street, park, playground, or wasteland is drawn from the contributions of 10,000 children in England, Scotland and Wales. It reveals that the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B001KKN2R2
• ISBN13: 8601415812800
• Release Date: January 1969
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Actual observations of how real kids play

This book will help you regain your faith in children and respect for their games. It has been the cornerstone of my work for twenty years. It should not be out of print. Accurate, honest, direct observations of children at play, without the constraints of adult supervision, outside the boundaries of their playgrounds.