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Huw Davies

The Games Book

How to Play the Games of Yesterday

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Imprint: O'Mara Books

Publication date: 15/10/2010

ISBN: 9781843176169

Subject: Non-Fiction

Size: EPUB 2

Extent: 126 pages

Illustration: B&W illustrations

Territorial Rights: World

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Summary:

Have you ever struggled to remember your favourite childhood game so you can teach it to your own children? Do you love to reminisce about the good old days when it was all just good old-fashioned fun? The Games Book has the answers. Packed full of traditional indoor and outdoor games from yesteryear, it contains something for family members of all ages to enjoy. Each game has instructions and some hints and tips for beginners. An ideal companion for rainy days and family holidays.

Entries include:
Playground games - What's the Time, Mr Wolf?
Tag games - Stick in the Mud and Marco Polo
Card games - Patience and Rummy
Paper games - Consequences and Hangman
Ball games - Sevens and Kingy

About the Author:

Huw Davies

Huw Davies authored the 'Another Weird Year' series of collections of weird news stories for Ebury Press, and has also written extensively on endurance sports and coaching. He lives in London, where he writes and also coaches amateur triathletes, with his partner Caroline and their daughter Edith.