games

Provides instructions for playing one hundred traditional games from countries around the world, each with a note on where the game originated, grouped by similarities.

Examines the lives of children in the Middle Ages, looking at different types of medieval families, and discussing the care of babies, toys and games, education, holidays, fairs and festivals, and other topics.

Provides instructions on how to play a range of card and board games, as well as strategy and history of the games.

Describes the role of the game mahjong in keeping love, togetherness, and tradition alive in a Chinese American family. Includes terms related to mahjong, presented in Chinese characters and English translations.

Toby has fun pretending to be a variety of objects and then asking his parents to guess what he is.

Sam loves to play games--even if he does not win every time.

Explores ways people had fun in America between the seventeenth century and the mid-twentieth, describing children's games and toys in several eras and amusements enjoyed by adults.

When two boys stay with an eccentric relative at his mansion in rural Vermont, they discover an old-fashioned board game that draws them into a mysterious adventure.

Presents a variety of games and other activities to promote awareness of different cultures around the world.

Provides instructions for setting up and carrying out a variety of treasure hunts and scavenger hunt games and includes treasure-related facts and puzzles.