Recess: From Dodgeball to Double Dutch: Classic Games for Players of Today [Paperback]

Remember recess? It was that refreshing break between classes that cleared the cobwebs, refreshed the mind, and got everyone moving.Recessis the ultimate illustrated guide to the best games of the playground, for inside and outside. With detailed instructions, diagrams, and a can-do, kick-butt attitude, this tome isn't meant to be read—it's meant to be played! This fun and interactive guide includes the rules to over 150 games and variations, including over two dozen international games from schoolyards around the world, plus various tips and strategies not just to play, but also to win!Ben Applebaum and Dan DiSorbo have coauthored several humorous pop culture books together. Ben is a writer and creative director who mastered jump rope with the help of his wife and two daughters. Dan is a designer and illustrator who plays expert games of hide-and-seek with his wife and two sons. That's the sweet thing about 'Recess,' which comes in a rubbery cover perfect for tossing around the driveway. It made me want to rediscover paper football, marbles, finger hockey and leg wrestling. It tempted me to stand with my hands on a wall and let my friends take aim at my rear end with a racquetball. How many books have you read lately that were that good?...'Recess' will not make kids forget their iPhones and Xboxes. It will not make professional football seem any less like war without guns. But it is nonetheless something special: a great book that begs to be put down.
-The Wall Street Journal Recess: From Dodgeball to Double Dutch: The Games of Youth for the Players of Todayis a crash course in how to play over 150 different schoolyard games that we either never learned as kids, or forgot once we graduated high school...[It] goes beyond just how to properly play games like kickball or dodgeball, it also delves into techniques at how to excel at them as adults. Remember, your 30-year-old self isn't quite as adept at dodging a ball as your 10-year-old self lc1