
Playtime around the World
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781788565462
Publication Date: 08/01/2025
Age Range: 7-8 years
In this delightful, colorful book, readers will discover some of the games that are played by kids around the world—from stickball to tug-of-war, wheelbarrow rides to rolling tires.
- Discover how children in many parts of Africa build their own bicycles from scraps of wood.
- Learn how poverty is no barrier to play and join a soccer game played with a ball made from plastic bags, string, and rubber bands.
- Join kite flyers in Afghanistan and Baka children in Cameroon who create homemade swings using long vines that grow from the rain forest trees!
- The book includes a world map that pinpoints where every story comes from.
Supported with stunning, detailed photos, this book is an engaging nonfiction read and a fascinating exploration of play and toys.
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