Author: Steve Roud
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407089323
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
From conkers to marbles, from British Bulldog to tag, not forgetting 'one potato, two potato' and 'eeny, meeny, miny, mo', The Lore of the Playground looks at the games children have enjoyed, the rhymes they have chanted and the rituals and traditions they have observed over the past hundred years and more. Each generation, it emerges, has had its own favourites - hoops and tops in the 1930s, clapping games more recently. Some pastimes, such as skipping, have proved remarkably resilient, their complicated rules carefully handed down from one class to the next. Many are now the stuff of distant memory. And some traditions have proved to be strongly regional, loved by children in one part of the country, unknown to those elsewhere. All are brilliantly and meticulously recorded by Steve Roud, who has drawn on interviews with hundreds of people aged from 8 to 80 to create a fascinating picture of all our childhoods.
The Lore of the Playground
Author: Steve Roud
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407089323
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
From conkers to marbles, from British Bulldog to tag, not forgetting 'one potato, two potato' and 'eeny, meeny, miny, mo', The Lore of the Playground looks at the games children have enjoyed, the rhymes they have chanted and the rituals and traditions they have observed over the past hundred years and more. Each generation, it emerges, has had its own favourites - hoops and tops in the 1930s, clapping games more recently. Some pastimes, such as skipping, have proved remarkably resilient, their complicated rules carefully handed down from one class to the next. Many are now the stuff of distant memory. And some traditions have proved to be strongly regional, loved by children in one part of the country, unknown to those elsewhere. All are brilliantly and meticulously recorded by Steve Roud, who has drawn on interviews with hundreds of people aged from 8 to 80 to create a fascinating picture of all our childhoods.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407089323
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
From conkers to marbles, from British Bulldog to tag, not forgetting 'one potato, two potato' and 'eeny, meeny, miny, mo', The Lore of the Playground looks at the games children have enjoyed, the rhymes they have chanted and the rituals and traditions they have observed over the past hundred years and more. Each generation, it emerges, has had its own favourites - hoops and tops in the 1930s, clapping games more recently. Some pastimes, such as skipping, have proved remarkably resilient, their complicated rules carefully handed down from one class to the next. Many are now the stuff of distant memory. And some traditions have proved to be strongly regional, loved by children in one part of the country, unknown to those elsewhere. All are brilliantly and meticulously recorded by Steve Roud, who has drawn on interviews with hundreds of people aged from 8 to 80 to create a fascinating picture of all our childhoods.
The Lore of the Playground
Author: Steve Roud
Publisher: Arrow
ISBN: 9780099505273
Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From conkers to marbles, from British Bulldog to tag, not forgetting "one potato, two potato" and "eeny, meeny, miny, mo," The Lore of the Playground looks at the games children have enjoyed, the rhymes they have chanted, and the rituals and traditions they have observed over the past hundred years and more. Each generation has had its own favorites. Some pastimes, such as skipping, have proved remarkably resilient, their complicated rules carefully handed down from one class to the next. Many are now the stuff of distant memory, and some traditions have proved to be strongly regional, loved by children in one part of the country, unknown to those elsewhere. All are brilliantly and meticulously recorded by Steve Roud, who has drawn on interviews with hundreds of people aged from 8 to 80 to create a fascinating picture of all our childhoods.
Publisher: Arrow
ISBN: 9780099505273
Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From conkers to marbles, from British Bulldog to tag, not forgetting "one potato, two potato" and "eeny, meeny, miny, mo," The Lore of the Playground looks at the games children have enjoyed, the rhymes they have chanted, and the rituals and traditions they have observed over the past hundred years and more. Each generation has had its own favorites. Some pastimes, such as skipping, have proved remarkably resilient, their complicated rules carefully handed down from one class to the next. Many are now the stuff of distant memory, and some traditions have proved to be strongly regional, loved by children in one part of the country, unknown to those elsewhere. All are brilliantly and meticulously recorded by Steve Roud, who has drawn on interviews with hundreds of people aged from 8 to 80 to create a fascinating picture of all our childhoods.
Children's Games in Street and Playground
Author: Iona Archibald Opie
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192814890
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
An account of the games which children between the ages of six and twelve invent or perform out-of-doors for their own enjoyment
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192814890
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
An account of the games which children between the ages of six and twelve invent or perform out-of-doors for their own enjoyment
The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren
Author: Iona Opie
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 9780940322691
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
First published in 1959, Iona and Peter Opie's The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren is a pathbreaking work of scholarship that is also a splendid and enduring work of literature. Going outside the nursery, with its assortment of parent-approved entertainments, to observe and investigate the day-to-day creative intelligence and activities of children, the Opies bring to life the rites and rhymes, jokes and jeers, laws, games, and secret spells of what has been called "the greatest of savage tribes, and the only one which shows no signs of dying out."
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 9780940322691
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
First published in 1959, Iona and Peter Opie's The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren is a pathbreaking work of scholarship that is also a splendid and enduring work of literature. Going outside the nursery, with its assortment of parent-approved entertainments, to observe and investigate the day-to-day creative intelligence and activities of children, the Opies bring to life the rites and rhymes, jokes and jeers, laws, games, and secret spells of what has been called "the greatest of savage tribes, and the only one which shows no signs of dying out."
Dr. Fell and the Playground of Doom
Author: David Neilsen
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 1101935812
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Jerry, Nancy, and Gail seek answers for the mysterious injuries occurring on Dr. Fell's new neighborhood playground that seem to heal as if by magic.
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 1101935812
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Jerry, Nancy, and Gail seek answers for the mysterious injuries occurring on Dr. Fell's new neighborhood playground that seem to heal as if by magic.
The People in the Playground
Author: Iona Archibald Opie
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The result of the author's field studies over two years in a school playground, this book records conversations and events, illustrating the games and jokes beloved by children.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The result of the author's field studies over two years in a school playground, this book records conversations and events, illustrating the games and jokes beloved by children.
The Law of the Playground
Author: JONATHAN. BLYTH
Publisher: Ebury Press
ISBN: 9781785037177
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Do you look back on your school days, and remember magical times, powerful and enduring friendships, and secret adventures? Well, snap out of it. You're deluding yourself. Based on the popular website playgroundlaw.com The Law of the Playground is a dictionary of the insults, games, torture, legendary anecdotes and pure creative insanity that we all - as pre-moral children -inflicted on each other. Whilst the emphasis is always on humor, the book acknowledges that children can be bastards, and begrudgingly accepts that it's, actually, very amusing. Written with dark nostalgia, and more wit and substance than average, everyone can find something they will identify with in The Law of the Playground. A timely antidote to the rose-tinted view of childhood offered by FriendsReunited.co.uk and SchoolDisco.com.
Publisher: Ebury Press
ISBN: 9781785037177
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Do you look back on your school days, and remember magical times, powerful and enduring friendships, and secret adventures? Well, snap out of it. You're deluding yourself. Based on the popular website playgroundlaw.com The Law of the Playground is a dictionary of the insults, games, torture, legendary anecdotes and pure creative insanity that we all - as pre-moral children -inflicted on each other. Whilst the emphasis is always on humor, the book acknowledges that children can be bastards, and begrudgingly accepts that it's, actually, very amusing. Written with dark nostalgia, and more wit and substance than average, everyone can find something they will identify with in The Law of the Playground. A timely antidote to the rose-tinted view of childhood offered by FriendsReunited.co.uk and SchoolDisco.com.
Children, Media and Playground Cultures
Author: R. Willett
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137318074
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Drawing on ethnographic accounts of children's media-referenced play, this book explores children's engagement with media cultures and playground experiences, analyzing a range of issues such as learning, fantasy, communication and identity.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137318074
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Drawing on ethnographic accounts of children's media-referenced play, this book explores children's engagement with media cultures and playground experiences, analyzing a range of issues such as learning, fantasy, communication and identity.
Changing Play: Play, Media And Commercial Culture From The 1950s To The Present Day
Author: Marsh, Jackie
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN: 0335247571
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
The aim of this book is to offer an informed account of changes in the nature of the relationship between play, media and commercial culture in England through an analysis of play in the 1950s/60s and the present day.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN: 0335247571
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
The aim of this book is to offer an informed account of changes in the nature of the relationship between play, media and commercial culture in England through an analysis of play in the 1950s/60s and the present day.
Rulers of Literary Playgrounds
Author: Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 100020605X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Rulers of Literary Playgrounds: Politics of Intergenerational Play in Children’s Literature offers multifaceted reflection on interdependences between children and adults as they engage in play in literary texts and in real life. This volume brings together international children’s literature scholars who each look at children’s texts as key vehicles of intergenerational play reflecting ideologies of childhood and as objects with which children and adults interact physically, emotionally, and cognitively. Each chapter applies a distinct theoretical approach to selected children’s texts, including individual and social play, constructive play, or play deprivation. This collection of essays constitutes a timely voice in the current discussion about the importance of children’s play and adults’ contribution to it vis-à-vis the increasing limitations of opportunities for children’s playful time in contemporary societies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 100020605X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Rulers of Literary Playgrounds: Politics of Intergenerational Play in Children’s Literature offers multifaceted reflection on interdependences between children and adults as they engage in play in literary texts and in real life. This volume brings together international children’s literature scholars who each look at children’s texts as key vehicles of intergenerational play reflecting ideologies of childhood and as objects with which children and adults interact physically, emotionally, and cognitively. Each chapter applies a distinct theoretical approach to selected children’s texts, including individual and social play, constructive play, or play deprivation. This collection of essays constitutes a timely voice in the current discussion about the importance of children’s play and adults’ contribution to it vis-à-vis the increasing limitations of opportunities for children’s playful time in contemporary societies.