Download or read book Children's Games in Street and Playground written by Iona Archibald Opie and published by Oxford ; Toronto : Clarendon Press, 1969, 1970 printing.. This book was released on 1969 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing from contributions of over 10,000 children from the streets, parks, playgrounds, and vacant lots of England, Scotland, and Wales, the Opies' classic account of the games children play provides the unwritten rules to hundreds of games, a discussion of their historic origins, and a fascinating glimpse of the child's secret world.