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Children's Games in Street and Playground: Chasing, Catching, Seeking, Hunting, Racing, Dueling, Exerting, Daring, Guessing, Acting, and Pretending. (Oxford Paperback Reference) by Iona Archibald Opie, Peter Opie is a games available to read on EtoBox.
What is Children's Games in Street and Playground: Chasing, Catching, Seeking, Hunting, Racing, Dueling, Exerting, Daring, Guessing, Acting, and Pretending. (Oxford Paperback Reference) about?
Drawing from contributions of over 10,000 children from the streets, parks, playgrounds, and vacant lots of England, Scotland, and Wales, the Opies' classic account of the games children play provides the unwritten rules to hundreds of games, a discussion of their historic origins, and a fascinating glimpse of the child's secret world.
Who reads Children's Games in Street and Playground: Chasing, Catching, Seeking, Hunting, Racing, Dueling, Exerting, Daring, Guessing, Acting, and Pretending. (Oxford Paperback Reference)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Iona Archibald Opie, Peter Opie
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Published
- 1984
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780198272106
- Category
- games
- Subjects
- Sports, Anthropology, Games
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
Other editions & translations
- Children's Games in Street and Playground (2013)
- Children's games in street and playground : Chasing, catching, seeking, hunting, racing, duelling, exerting, daring, guessing, acting, pretending (2013)
- Children's Games in Street and Playground: Chasing, Catching, Seeking, Hunting, Racing, Dueling, Exerting, Daring, Guessing, Acting, and Pretending. (1969)
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