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"After the ball they're playing with gets ruined, a young bear and his friend must find an alternative. In their attempts to trade items for another ball, the boys learn a lesson in sharing. Additional features to aid comprehension include a letter to educators and caregivers, an introduction to the authors and illustrator, a word list, and an activity." --publisher's website.
4) Salad pie
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There is nothing sweeter than arriving at the playground, seeing it empty, and knowing you have it all to yourself-the silent comfort of playing alone. Maggie is overjoyed to have that solitude to make her Salad Pie. But then Herbert saunters over and wants to play too. "I'm making salad. Salad Pie. And don't you touch it!" Herbert just wants to help, even though Maggie makes it clear she won't let him.Then her imaginary pie takes a spill, and...
6) Jumanji
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Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game.
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"Ben is thin and pale, is always bored, and never has any fun. His favorite color is gray, his favorite dish is plain pasta, and when he has spare time, he loves staring into space. He gets bored no matter the season of the year, the weather, or the position. He is so good at being bored that one day he locks himself in his bedroom and decides to proclaim himself the Supreme King of Boredom-- then his subjects, his army, and even the queen arrive."...
9) Mud!
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Rhyming text follows a brother and sister as they go outside on a rainy day to play in the mud.
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"Plants have magical effects on children and add a critical dimension to any play environment, whether it's a city park, a school playground, or a backyard. In Plants for Play, the author shares his years of experience in selecting plants that support children's play activities. More than 200 plant species are listed in eighteen plant function tables: Fragrance; Texture; Play Props; Fall Color; Fruits, Herbs & Nuts; Winter Flowers; Shade Quality;...
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"David Toomey takes us on a...tour of playful animals and the scientists who study them. From octopuses on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to meerkats in the Kalahari Desert to brown bears on Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, we follow adventurous researchers as they design and conduct experiments seeking answers to new, intriguing questions: When did play first appear in animals? How does play develop the brain, and how did it evolve? Are the songs and...
12) Push button
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A little boy who loves pushing buttons of all kinds ends up with such a sore finger that he must play with other things.
13) Big friends
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Best friends Etho and Birt love going up Sudden Hill and sitting in simple cardboard boxes imagining they are kings, soldiers, astronauts, or pirates until Shu asks to join them, and their "two-by-two rhythm" is disturbed.
15) Chez Nancy
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Nancy has a new playhouse, but one of her friends wants to be the boss of who can come play.
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"Ty has a big imagination! Ty turns an ordinary day in the sandbox into a fun beach day. He wiggles his toes int eh sand, finds seashells, builds a castle, and splashes in the ocean! Splish, splash! When his neighbor's beach ball flies into his backyard, Ty learns that a beach day is even better with a friend. Join Ty and his big imagination on a backyard beach adventure."--book jacket.
19) 3, 2, 1, go!
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Told she cannot step over the line to play school with the older girls, Min builds a catapult and flies over it, instead
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" Play is how children explore, discover, fail, succeed, socialize, and flourish. It is a fundamental element of the human condition. It's the key to giving schoolchildren skills they need to succeed--skills like creativity, innovation, teamwork, focus, resilience, expressiveness, empathy, concentration, and executive function. Expert organizations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Centers for Disease...
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