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Children´s Games in Street and Playground
Iona Opie
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Description for Children´s Games in Street and Playground
Paperback. .
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 out an exhaustive survey, through the decade, of the games that children 'in fact play' when aged roughly between six and twelve years of age, and when outdoors -- and usually when out of sight. The result was their classic work 'Children's Games in Street and Playground'. It records games played in streets, parks, playgrounds and wastelands by more than 10,000 children from ... Read more
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 out an exhaustive survey, through the decade, of the games that children 'in fact play' when aged roughly between six and twelve years of age, and when outdoors -- and usually when out of sight. The result was their classic work 'Children's Games in Street and Playground'. It records games played in streets, parks, playgrounds and wastelands by more than 10,000 children from ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Floris Books
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782500322
SKU
V9781782500322
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Iona Opie
Iona Archibald Opie was born in 1923. During the Second World War, she met and married Peter Opie. Together they became a renowned husband-and-wife team of folklorists with a particular interest in children's toys, games and literature, working from their home in Hampshire and conducting primary fieldwork all over the United Kingdom. Their remarkable collection of children's books and ephemera ... Read more
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