Recess: From Dodgeball to Double Dutch: Classic Games for Players of Today [Paperback]

Remember recess? It was that refreshing break between classes that cleared the cobwebs, refreshed the mind, and got everyone moving.Recessis the ultimate illustrated guide to the best games of the playground, for inside and outside. With detailed instructions, diagrams, and a can-do, kick-butt attitude, this tome isn't meant to be read—it's meant to be played! This fun and interactive guide includes the rules to over 150 games and variations, including over two dozen international games from schoolyards around the world, plus various tips and strategies not just to play, but also to win!Ben Applebaum and Dan DiSorbo have coauthored several humorous pop culture books together. Ben is a writer and creative director who mastered jump rope with the help of his wife and two daughters. Dan is a designer and illustrator who plays expert games of hide-and-seek with his wife and two sons. Put down your smartphones and game controllers and go play outside! Recess. Ben Applebaum and Dan DiSorbo's book catalogs and offers rules for over 150 games, from the many variants of tag, to hopscotch, four square, and dodgeball.
-The Awesomer Put down your smartphones and game controllers and go play outside! Recess. Ben Applebaum and Dan DiSorbo's book catalogs and offers rules for over 150 games, from the many variants of tag, to hopscotch, four square, and dodgeball.
-The Awesomer That's the sweet thing about 'Recess,' which comes in a rubbery cover perfect for tossing around the driveway. It made me want to rediscover paper football, marbles, finger hockey and leg wrestling. It tempted me to stand with my hands on a wall and let my friends take aim at my rear end with a racquetball. How many books have you read lately that were that good?...'Recess' will not make kids forget their iPhones and Xboxes. It will not make professional football seem any less like war without guns. But it is nonetheless something special: a great book that begs to be put down.
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