From children to red hatters :  diverse images and issues of play / 
edited by David Kuschner. 
 - xii, 197 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
 - Play & culture studies ;  v. 8 .
 - Play & culture studies ;  v. 8. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Foreword /  Introduction /  What is Play?: In Search of a Definition /  Play and the Rhetorics of Time: Progress, Regression, and the Meanings of the Present /  The Plasticity of an Infant Monkey's Play When Exposed to Sheep in a Novel Setting /  Historical Changes in Infant Toys 1865-1930 /  Playmate Preferences of Preschool Children Based on Race, Sex, and Perceived Physical Attractiveness /  Parental Guidance with Four-Year-Olds in Literacy and Play Activities at Home /  All In a Day's Work: Children's Views on Play and Work at the Fifth Grade Level /  Measuring Playfulness and Extracurricular Involvement /  The Red Hat Society: An Exploration of Play and Masking in Older Women's Lives /  Conceptualising a Pedagogy of Play: International Perspectives from Theory, Policy and Practice /  James Johnson --  David Kuschner --  Gwen Gordon --  Thomas S. Henricks --  Peggy O'Neill-Wagner --  Eva E. Nwokah --  Harold Fishbein, D. Michael Malone, Dolores A. Stegelin --  Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler, Jackie Nelson, Melissa von der Heide, Erica Kelly --  Michael M. Patte --  Marianne B. Staempfli --  Careen Mackay Yarnal, Deborah Kerstetter, Garry Chick, Susan Hutchinson --  Elizabeth Wood.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0761842918 9780761842910 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Play<br/>Early childhood education
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB1137  / .F76 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>790