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Volume 1, Number 1, Summer 2008
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The Power of Play: Learning What Comes Naturally
by David Elkind |
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Play in America from Pilgrims and Patriots to Kid Jocks and
Joystick Jockeys: Or How Play Mirrors Social Change
by Gary Cross
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Imaginary Companions: Pretending They Are Real but
Knowing They Are Not
by Marjorie Taylor and Candice M. Mottweiler
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Play, ADHD, and the Construction of the Social Brain: Should
the First Class Each Day Be Recess?
by Jaak Panksepp
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Play Theory: A Personal Journey and New Thoughts
by Brian Sutton-Smith
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| BOOK REVIEWS: |
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Howard P. Chudacoff, Children at Play: An American History
by Steven Mintz
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David Elkind, The Power of Play: How Spontaneous, Imaginative
Activities Lead to Happier, Healthier Children
by Thomas Armstrong
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Joe L. Frost, Sue C. Wortham, and Stuart Reifel, Play and
Child Development (Third Edition)
by Myae Han
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Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from
Nature-Deficit Disorder and Conn and Hal Iggulden,
The Dangerous Book for Boys
by Jay Mechling
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Pamela Riney-Kehrberg, Childhood on the Farm: Work, Play,
and Coming of Age in the Midwest
by Simon J. Bronner
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Christine Jeandheur Ferguson and Ernest Dettore, Jr., eds.,
To Play or Not to Play: Is It Really a Question?
by Stuart Brown
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CONTRIBUTORS |
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