Games and Songs of American Children

• Price: 14.81 USD

• Author: Various
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Editor/Arranger: Newell, William Wells
• ISBN: 0486203549
• Product #: NEWEL001



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Children's games are among the most interesting social phenomena. Their inventiveness and variety are overwhelming, and their durability is uncanny. Some children's games still current today were played when Rome was young. Minor details may change, the words of the jingles change, but the games remain basically the same from one generation to the next. Also, children's games reflect with great accuracy both current and past situations, providing a good index to the folkways of a certain time and place.