A groundbreaking collection of essays on a hitherto underexplored subject that challenges the exi...

First published in 1982. Since the emergence of developmental psychology early this century, theo...

The Folkstories of Children, first published in 1981, features nearly five hundred stor...

First published in 1982. Since the emergence of developmental psychology early this century, theo...

Every child knows what it means to play, but the rest of us can merely speculate. Is it a kind of...

A groundbreaking collection of essays on a hitherto underexplored subject that challenges the exi...

A collection of orginal essays by scholars from a variety of fields-- includng American studies, ...

An unforgettable exploration of the critical role of play and the gap in perception between adult...

Winner of the Opie Prize from the Children's Folklore Section of the American Folklore SocietyAs ...

Returning to his home country of New Zealand, Brian Sutton-smith documents the relationship be...

Every child knows what it means to play, but the rest of us can merely speculate. Is it a kind of...

In The Genesis of Animal Play, Gordon Burghardt examines the origins and evolution of play in hum...