Inventing Imaginary Worlds: From Childhood Play to Adult Creativity Across the Arts and Sciences

By Michelle Root-Bernstein and Michele Root-Bernstein author "Sparks of Genius" and "Inventing Imaginary Worlds"

How can parents, educators, business leaders and policy makers nurture creativity, prepare for inventiveness and stimulate innovation? One compelling answer, this book argues, lies in fostering the invention of imaginary worlds, a.k.a. worldplay. First emerging in middle childhood, this complex form of make-believe draws lifelong energy from the fruitful combustions of play, imagination and creativity. Inventing imaginary worlds develops the skills society needs for inventing the future.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1475809794
• ISBN13: 9781475809794
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 9.9"