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Reading Matters: Celebrating Books About Play

by Jean Dugan
May/June 2019
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Remember Red Light Green Light, Kick the Can and H-O-R-S-E? How about Go Fish, Cat’s Cradle and 20 Questions? If so, I bet you have played most of the “101 Games to Play Before You Grow Up.” Here they are in one compact volume, with fun facts and game rules for the games we all remember and some we do not, from dominoes to Capture the Flag, from Hot Potato to Pokemon, and even Thumb Wrestling (Who knew that thumb wrestlers can advance to tournament level?) Indoor, outdoor, board games, paper and pencil games … all of them fun for both kids and those who have already grown up, with a significant nostalgia factor thrown in. This is a great little resource to tuck into a carry-on bag for travel fun. “101 Games to Play Before You Grow Up” by Joe Rhatigan, illustrated by Diego Vaisberg (Quarto Publishing Group, 2018) All ages.

One of those 101 games is hide and seek, a favorite of backyards and summer evenings. Award-winning illustrator Anthony Browne has created “Hide and Seek,” a lovely picture book that is all about play, and in fact is a game within a game. When Cy and ...

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