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Iona Opie and the late Peter Opie have devoted their lives to the study of children. Now comes the final volume of their acclaimed trilogy on children's games. Together with Children's Games in Street & Playground (1969) and The Singing Game (1985), this volume completes the most comprehensive study this century.

Based on thirty years of research, this intriguing volume focuses on games that use equipment of one kind or another--marbles, jump rope, balls--describing in colorful detail the objects used, the rules of play, and the accompanying rhymes and chants. The Opies examine the history of the games from their earliest appearance and they consider the wider social context, tracing the varying attitudes towards them over the past three hundred years, from pedagogical disapproval, to legal suppression, to the sentimental nostalgia of the present.

Here then is the world of play, the imaginary space into which our young ones escape each day.Children's Games With Things is an evocation of this imaginary world as well as a reminder of our own past. ... Read more

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Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no unwanted presents. That’s just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that this year, they’ll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on the street without decorations and they won’t be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash. They won’t even need a tree, because on December 25th they will set sail on a Caribbean cruise. But skipping Christmas isn’t half as easy as they’d imagined. Something happens that prompts the Kranks to jump back into Christmas at the last minute.

Description in Spanish: Imagínese un año sin celebrar las Navidades. Nada de fiestas, comidas opíparas o regalos no deseados. Eso es precisamente lo que Luther y Nora Krank tienen planeado: por primera vez en su vida, han decidido celebrar la Navidad de un modo muy diferente. Su casa será la única del barrio que no luzca decoración alguna; sus vecinos y amigos se quedarán sin la fiesta que suelen organizar cada año; por no comprar, este año ni siquiera un abeto navideño adornará su salón. No lo necesitarán, porque el 25 de diciembre los Krank partirán rumbo al sol del Caribe. Sin embargo, como van a descubrir, romper con una tradición tan arraigada es mucho más complicado de lo que parece: su cambio de planes tendrá consecuencias sorprendentes. ... Read more

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Skipping Stones
New insights into Old Testament stories by one of America's favorite authors of religious books.

For the past ten years, John Aurelio has delighted and inspired hundreds of thousands of adults and young people with his special way of communicating Gospel themes. Now he turns his attention to the Old Testament - from the miracle of creation to the wisdom of Solomon to the challenge of the prophets - and draws fresh new parallels to the coming of Christ and His presense in our lives throughout time and eternity.
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Originally published in 1926. Skipping has long held its own as one of the free and joyful activities of childhood and has always played an important role in teaching the young, spring, lightness and co-ordination of movement essential to the harmonious development of the body. The well illustrated contents contain much advice on all aspects of skipping including exercises, dancing steps, individual and couples skipping, positions etc. Many of the earliest books on physical education and sport, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

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Describes the history, fitness benefits, and basic and advanced skills of rope skipping and provides information on competitive tournaments and setting rope skipping records. ... Read more

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Featuring skipping rhymes, this is one of a series containing traditional rhymes and stories, with colour illustrations by a husband-and-wife team who have illustrated more than 50 children's books. ... Read more