Iona Opie and the late Peter Opie have devoted their lives to the study of children. Now comes the final volume of their acclaimed trilogy on children's games. Together with Children's Games in Street & Playground (1969) and The Singing Game (1985), this volume completes the most comprehensive study this century.
Based on thirty years of research, this intriguing volume focuses on games that use equipment of one kind or another--marbles, jump...