Winner of the Parent's Choice Award 2007. This wonderful book has more than 700 ideas for play without plugs, batteries or beeps in this imaginative collection. The author points out that electronic play has a number of drawbacks—contributing to the rise in childhood obesity and isolation, and limiting creativity—while unplugged play builds strong bodies, helps kids forge friendships and expands the mind. In an effort to get back to the basics of play, the author began collecting and inventing ...more