Children's Games in Street and Playground

By Peter Opie and Iona Opie

Book Overview

In the 1960s, Iona and Peter Opie observed that although many books had been written about how children should play, none had been written about how they actually played. To fill the gap they carried... 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: 1.88 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.