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5 Favorite Books about PLAY

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Nowadays, play almost seems like a lost art. The world is filled with screens and other distractions that can make it is easy for children to forget how to let them go and just be imaginative again. Children are capable of so much creativity and these books will remind readers what it is like to be full of imagination. Hopefully it will inspire some wonderful play. 


Boxitechts
By: Kim Smith
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020. Picture Book.
In this book, two creative girls love to build. In their maker school they both design incredible projects, getting grander and grander in their ideas to beat the competition of the other. When they are put  together to build for the Maker Match, will it prove to be their downfall or they be able to put their differences aside to create together?

Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building
By: Christy Hale
Lee & Low Books Inc., 2012. Informational Picture Book.
This book bridges the gap between imagination and the real world. With drawings and photographs, it illustrates the point that seemingly small experiences can inspire us in real ways. Each place pictured in the book is given a description in the back of the book with the architect that built it and their inspiration. 


By: Jacqueline Veissid
Chronicle Books, 2019. Picture Book.
Ruby just want to be included in her older brothers' play. When she keeps being rejected by them, she creates her own game, inspired by a stick sword, that may change their minds about playing together. 



By: Kira Bigwood
Athenium Books for Young Readers, 2021. Picture Book. 
Follow a boy as he goes on a secret mission to save the day. Quick! Don't let the enemies catch you! With a surprise twist at the end, this is an endearing story you are sure to enjoy!



By: Jane Yolen
Creative Editions, 2016. Picture Book.
Come to see all the things you can see and do with just a box and an imagination. 



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