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Let’s Play! Poems about sports and games from around the world
By Shirin Adl
Collects thirty-seven poems celebrating such sports and games as football, baseball, judo, table tennis, netball, cycling, chess, and scrabble.

Play with Me!
By Michelle Lee
Pip the pig is full of ideas: he wants to play dress up! Or magicians! Or dolls! But his best friend Nico the bear just wants to play his cello! Can they find something they can play together?

Are You Ready to Play Outside?
By Mo Willems
Friends Elephant and Piggie are playing outside when it starts to rain, and then they must decide what to do.

Rainy Day Kids Adventure Book
By Steph Scott
Packed with imaginative ideas perfect for rainy, snowy, and windy days. Play splash catch or raindrop racing. Make a leafy windmill or nature parachute. You ll also find smart advice for staying dry and warm, and on things to collect and bring inside for creative stay-at-home projects.

Roxaboxen
By Alice McLerran
A hill covered with rocks and wooden boxes becomes an imaginary town for Marian, her sisters, and their friends.

Let’s Play
By Hervé Tullet
A lively yellow dot leads the reader through a journey through color, shape, and a child's imagination.

Circus Girl
By Clare Pernice
A story of make-believe.

I Like to Play
By Marla Stewart Konrad
Colorful pictures show how children all around the world have fun.

I’m a Frog
By Mo Willems
Piggie introduces his reluctant friend, Gerald the elephant, to the wonderful world of pretend.

A Child’s Day: an alphabet play
By Ida Pearle
Demonstrates the diverse activities playful children can do, with words that begin from A to Z.

Schoolyard Rhymes: kids’ own rhymes for rope skipping, hand clapping, ball bouncing, and just plain fun
By Sierra Judy
Illustrated by Melissa Sweet

Magic Box: a magical story
By Katie Cleminson
For a young girl with a lively imagination, a seemingly ordinary box becomes a portal to a magical world.

What to do with a Box
By Jane Yolen
You give a child a box, who can tell what will happen next? It may become a library or a boat. It could set the scene for a fairy tale or a wild expedition.

How do Dinosaurs Play with their Friends
By Jane Yolen
Rhyming text and illustrations present some of the ways dinosaurs can play with their friends, from hogging the swings to sharing toys.

Block Building for Children
By Les Walker
Gives ideas for specific projects to build as well as descriptions of how block play reflects a child’s intellectual development.

The Banana-Leaf Ball: How Play Can Change the World
By Katie Smith Milway
Separated from his family when they were forced to flee their home, a young East African boy named Deo lives alone in the Lukole refugee camp in Tanzania. With scarce resources at the camp, bullies have formed gangs to steal what they can, and a leader named Remy has begun targeting Deo. Then one day a coach gathers all the children to play soccer. Though Deo loves soccer and has even made his own ball out of banana leaves, he's unsure at first about joining in when he sees Remy on the field. But as Deo and the other boys get drawn into the game, everything begins to change. Their shared joy in playing provides the children --- including Remy --- with a sense of belonging.
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