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How to Play Chess
By DK
New York : DK/Penguin Random House, 2016. Informational.

Whether you're a complete beginner or a more experienced player looking to improve your game, this step-by-step guide will help you play like a champion. Plan your moves with amazing 3-D illustrations. Discover tactics and strategies that will add firepower to your attack and strengthen your defense. Learn tips and techniques to improve your skills and solve the toughest of chess challenges.

Pass Go and Collect $200 : The Real Story of How Monopoly Was Invented
By Tanya Lee Stone
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2018. Informational.

In the late 1800s lived Lizzie Magie, a clever and charismatic woman with a strong sense of justice. Waves of urban migration drew Lizzie's attention to rising financial inequality. Suddenly she had an idea: create a game about the landlord-tenant relationship. But Lizzie's initial game vilified the monopolist. Enter Charles Darrow--a marketer and salesman with a keen eye for what Lizzie's creation could become: an enticing board game, and a staple of family entertainment in households across America. Boldness, imagination, and ruthless competition combine in this riveting story that sets the record straight on the history of Monopoly's origins.

How to Play Chess for Kids : Simple Strategies to Win!
By Jessica E. Martin
Emeryville, California : Rockridge Press, 2019. Informational.

Learn to play chess―and win―with this complete guide for kids ages 8 to 12. First get the hang of moving each piece, understand the rules, then find out how to capture pieces and win. In this book of chess for kids, you'll try out different tactics, discover super-secret strategies, and practice thinking ahead.

Cool Board Games: Crafting Creative Toys & Amazing Games
By Rebecca Felix
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, 2016. Informational.

Kids can make their own fun with Cool Board Games! This title has everything needed to create one-of-a-kind board games. Readers will create Mini Magnetic Battleship, The Game of Your Life, Giant Outdoor Checkers and more! Step-by-step photos, materials lists, and extra tips and tricks get kids started.

The Ultimate Book of Family Card Games
By Oliver Ho
New York : Sterling, 2012. Informational.

Pick a card game--any game! Everyone loves to play cards, and this ultimate collection has all the fun favorites, including rummy, spades, war, old maid, go fish, snip snap snorem, and hearts. There are over 50 games in all, organized by type and difficulty, and complete with instructions, rules, strategies, color illustrations, and a brief note on each ones origins.

Dominoes for Beginners
By Jon Tremaine
New York : Windmill Books, 2022. Informational.

The game of dominoes has been around for thousands of years. It's no wonder. These tiles are used for a number of fun, inventive games for players of many ages and skill levels. In this book, readers learn how to play regular dominoes and strategies to win. They also learn variations on the traditional game to make any game night a challenge, even for experience dominoes players. With age-appropriate explanations and games, this book takes readers from page to play in no time!

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