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Genre/Form: | Personal narratives |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Stuart L Brown; Christopher C Vaughan |
ISBN: | 9781583333785 1583333789 9781583333334 1583333339 |
OCLC Number: | 426800582 |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Awards: | Commended for Books for a Better Life (Psychology) 2009 |
Description: | 229 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
Contents: | The promise of play -- What is play, and why do we do it? -- We are built for play -- Parenthood is child's play -- The opposite of play is not work -- Playing together -- Does play have a dark side? -- A world at play. |
Responsibility: | Stuart Brown, with Christopher Vaughan. |
Abstract:
Discusses the importance of play in terms of health, success, and happiness in adulthood, covering its role in the development of social skills, intelligence, and creativity and its implications for education, business innovation, the future of society, and more.
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