Acker Backa Boo!: Games to Play from Around the World - Hardcover

Dunn, Opal

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 071121588X ISBN 13: 9780711215887

Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2000

Synopsis

Children love to play games. Games help children to learn sharing and self-control, how to win and how to lose. Language specialist Opal Dunn has collected games from all over the world, each one accompanied by a rhyme and clear instructions on how to play. There are tips for parents, teachers and carers on how to get the best out of the games. The book also includes music for piano and guitar, for the singing games.

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Review

"Illustrated with evocative watercolours of foreign lands, it's a great source book for play ideas with clear explanations of rules." Practical Parenting."

About the Author

Opal Dunn is widely known as a specialist in early first and second language development. She acted as Chief Consultant to Linguaphone's prize-winning new story based course, Children's English, and works as a consultant to the Council of Europe on children's bilingual education. Susan Winter was born in South Africa and graduated from Natal University before becoming a social worker, first in South Africa and later in London. After the birth of her second child, she studied illustration at Chelsea School of Art, and began a new career as a freelance illustrator of children's books.

Edition details

• Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 071121588X
• ISBN 13: 9780711215887
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Winter Susan
• Number of pages: 45