Great Big Book of Children's Games
by Debra Wise |
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Games play a crucial role in a childs
development, helping children to discover and understand the world around them. Parents
are always on the lookout for new games and activities to play with their kids.
The Great Big Book of Childrens Games features more
than 450 indoor and outdoor games for kids.
Arranged according to appropriate agegroup, the games run
the gamut in theme and mood. There are games designed for quiet times and intellectual
stimulation as well as those that contribute to physical development, such as strength and
wrestling games and races and relays. This book presents parents with a vast array of
games for children of all ages, including:
- Card games
- Word games
- Sidewalk and blacktop games
- Tabletop games
- Party games, road games, and more
The perfect antidote for rainy-day sulks and backseat
boredom
Your kids are buzzing bundles of energy, ever eager for new
experiences and new challenges. And one of your toughest jobs as a parent is finding ways
to channel kids energies that promote healthy development while keeping them entertained.
Good news, your job just got a little easier.
Great for car trips, rainy days, and even power outages,
the Great Big Book of Childrens Games is a treasury of games and activities for all
occasions, every setting and every mood. Youll find indoor games and outdoor games, party
games and solo games, sidewalk games, beach games, ball games and water games. There are
games that stimulate young minds and those that promote physical development. Youll find
skill-building games and games designed to sharpen individual faculties, card games and
word games, and an abundance of pencil-and-paper games. And to help you do your part to
keep our highways safe (and your sanity intact), theres an entire section devoted to games
to be played while on the road.
Fair weather or foul, the Great Big Book of Childrens
Games helps you keep the peace and banish bad moods with:
- 450 indoor and outdoor games for pre-school to middle-school
age kids arranged by age group
- Games for every occasion, setting and number of players
- Solo games, team games, party games, and family games, many
including innovative twists on old favorites
- Colorful text, 375 illustrations,
and amusing game trivia that add to the fun and make the book easy to use
About the Author and Illustrator:
Debra Wise is a writer specializing in womens and
childrens topics, and has written for the New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Glamour,
and GQ.
Sandy Forrest has designed and illustrated over 40
books and won a Parents Choice Award for Illustration.
Debra Wise is a freelance writer specializing in
womens and childrens topics. She has written for magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Glamour,
and GQ and also for the New York Times Style section.
Sandy Forrest has designed and illustrated more than
40 books and won a Parents Choice Award for Illustration.
Year: 2003
ORDER CODE: MGW 0071422463B
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