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Jumanji
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Chris Van Allsburg
Two bored and restless kids find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious jungle-adventure board game. Illustrated with detailed b&w pencil drawings. Winner of the 1982 Caldecott Medal.
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The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play
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Neil A Fiore, PH.D.
A unique, comprehensive program designed to overcome the causes of procrastination. Dr. Fiore's powerful techniques will help the reader get work done and enjoy free time.
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Baby play
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Wendy S. Masi
Developed in close consultation with the play experts at Gymboree Play & Music, this book explains the value of "play with a purpose," contains information on how babies learn, and tips outlining what parents can do to help their children get off to a good start.
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Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul
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Stuart Brown, Christopher Vaughan
From a leading expert comes a groundbreaking book on the science of play, and its essential role in fueling intelligence and happiness throughout life. Dr. Brown shows that play is anything but trivial--it is a biological drive as integral to health as sleep or nutrition.
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Skippyjon Jones in Mummy Trouble
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Judith Byron Schachner
"New York Times"-bestselling Skippyjon Jones takes ancient Egypt by storm in this fun adventure. When his doggy pals want to visit the underworld, they need El Skippito's brains to answer the riddle of the Finx and enter the mummy's tomb. Full color.
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Not a Box
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Antoinette Portis (Illustrator)
A box is just a box . . . unless it's not a box. From mountain to rocket ship, a small rabbit shows that a box will go as far as the imagination allows. Inspired by a memory of sitting in a box on her driveway with her sister, Antoinette Portis captures the thrill when pretend feels so real that it actually "becomes" real--when the imagination ...
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Play Therapy
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Virginia M Axline
The author discusses the use of play therapy for children with behavioral, emotional or other psychological problems. The bulk of the text consists of highly readable annotated transcripts of therapeutic sessions that illustrate the principles. The transcripts are authentic, and the annotations include comments on errors the therapist makes, as ...
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Peek-A-Baby: A Lift-The-Flap Book
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Karen Katz (Illustrator)
Who's under the hat? Is that you? PEEK-A-BOO! I see you!This adorable book with fun, interactive flaps begs the youngest and eldest of readers to play along! The sturdy format and easy-to-lift flaps are perfect for parents and children to share.Look for other Karen Katz books at your favorite store!
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Ladybug Girl
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David Soman (Illustrator), Jacky Davis
Luluas older brother says she is too little to play with him. Her mama and papa are busy too, so Lulu has to make her own fun. This is a situation for Ladybug Girl! Ladybug Girl saves ants in distress, jumps through shark-infested puddles, and even skips along the great dark twisty tree trunkaall by herself. It doesnat matter what her brother ...
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Zathura: A Space Adventure
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Chris Van Allsburg (Illustrator)
Twenty years after "Jumanji" (1981), Van Allsburg picks up where he left off, with Danny and Walter Budwing discovering an oblong box in the park that unleashes a new series of reckless characters. Full color.
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Digger Man
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Andrea Zimmerman, David Clemesha (Illustrator)
While playing with his toy trucks in a sandbox, a young boy imagines he's a big "digger man" working hard at a construction site. Color illustrations accompany the text.
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Baby Minds: Brain-Building Games Your Baby Will Love, Birth to Age Three
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Linda Acredolo, Ph.D., Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D.
This book provides parents with the most recent scientific information about infant brain development in easy-to-understand terms, and suggests activities to do with your child to improve his or her skills while maintaining a playful atmosphere. With color photographs.
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You Can't Say You Can't Play
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Vivian Gussin Paley
Kindergarten teacher Vivian Gussin Paley looks at one of the most common problems of the classroom and school--what to do when classmates isolate a child. Paley solicited children's feelings on the issue, and tells how, by establishing a non-exclusionary rule and using it for discussion, she was able to gradually change students' behavior for the ...
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The Naming: The First Book of Pellinor
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Alison Croggon
In the classic spirit of epic fantasy in the Tolkien tradition, this FIRST BOOK OF PELLINOR chronicles the experiences of sixteen-year old Maerad, an orphan gifted in the magic power of the Bards, as she escapes from slavery and begins to learn how to use her Gift to stave off the evile Darkness that threatens to consume and enslave the land. This ...
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Playing and reality
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D W Winnicott
In this exploratory text, developed from his 1951 paper "Transitional Objects and Transitional Phenomena," Winnicott discusses the phenomenon and psychological uses of play, specifically its function in the imaginative development of the child.
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Dibs in Search of Self
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Virginia M Axline
The portrait of a little boy achieving, under therapy, a successful struggle for identity.
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Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship
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Garry L Landreth
Play Therapy, 2nd Edition, is a thorough update to the 1991 first edition best-selling books, the most widely used texts for play therapy courses. It refreshes the history and development in play therapy including results of research done in the past 10 years. A new chapter is included on current issues and special populations relevant to the ...
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The Dark Is Rising Sequence Set
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Susan Cooper
Continuing the story begun in OVER SEA, UNDER STONE, THE DARK IS RISING is the second book in Susan Cooper's popular fantasy quintet. Here readers meet Will Stanton, the seventh son of a seventh son, who, on his 11th birthday, discovers that he is an Old One, a group of immortals charged with saving the world from the evil forces known as the Dark ...
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Playful Parenting
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Lawrence J Cohen, PhD
Have you ever stepped back to watch what really goes on when your children play? As psychologist Lawrence J. Cohen points out, play is children's way of exploring the world, communicating deep feelings, getting close to those they care about, working through stressful situations, and simply blowing off steam. That's why "playful parenting" is so ...
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Snowballs
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Lois Ehlert
Some children create a family out of snow. Includes labeled pictures of all the items they use, as well as information about how snow is formed.
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Unplugged Play: No Batteries. No Plugs. Pure Fun.
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Bobbi Conner, Amy Patacchiola (Illustrator)
"The Unplugged Play Book" is the family bible of hands-on fun, a parent-friendly encyclopaedia of over 700 games and variations, with not a screen, plug, chip, disk or battery in sight. Here are games to play alone and games to play with siblings and friends. Games to play indoors and games for outside. Toddler games, ten-year-olds' games and ...
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Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale
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Dr. Thelma Harms
Featuring a new spiral binding, the updated ECERS-R (Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised Edition) offers more practical assistance in the form of an Expanded Score Sheet (which contains a worksheet), and additional notes for clarification to improve accuracy in scoring. However, the items and indicators remain the same as in the ...
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A Simpler Way
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Margaret J Wheatley, Myron Kellner-Rogers
Downsizing didn't produce the increase in productivity many companies expected. The reason, the authors of this text argue, is that we are still expecting human qualities from mechanistic structures - the way we develop organizations depends heavily on how we organize our lives. Drawing on the work scientists, philosophers, poets, novelists, ...
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The Healing Power of Play: Working with Abused Children
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Eliana Gil
Abused and traumatized children have special therapeutic needs. This book focuses on the impact of trauma and how to help children achieve a positive resolution.
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Dick and Jane: We Play Outside
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Unknown, Grosset & Dunlap (Creator)
These are the real classic readers with cloth-like covers and original illustrations from the 1960s Dick and Jane basic readers. Filled with over 30 stories, these books are for beginning readers, parents, and grandparents alike! It's summertime, and Dick, Jane, and Sally can't wait to spend time together! Join them as they play ball, spend time ...
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