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Books about play for readers of all ages.

Cover of The crazy cousins

The crazy cousins

Sally Rippin

Ages 4–8familycousins

Cover of Shwatsit!

Shwatsit!

Christin Ditchfield

Ages 0–3vocabularycuriosity

Cover of Yesterday's snowman

Yesterday's snowman

Gail Mack

Ages 4–8changeimpermanence

Cover of Emily and Her Daddy

Emily and Her Daddy

Claire Masurel, Susan Calitri

Ages 2–5father-daughter relationshipfamily bonding

Cover of The Funny Fingers are having a party

The Funny Fingers are having a party

Nikalas Catlow

Ages 2–6familycelebration

Cover of The daudyhouse

The daudyhouse

Silas Bowman

Ages 4–10familygrandparents

Cover of Oh, Daddy!

Oh, Daddy!

Bob Shea

Ages 2–6father-son relationshipfamily bonding

Cover of The Patterson Puppies and the Rainy Day

The Patterson Puppies and the Rainy Day

Leslie Patricelli

Ages 2–6playcreativity

Cover of What a hat!

What a hat!

Holly Keller

Ages 3–7self-expressionfamily

Cover of The big rain

The big rain

Kirsten McDonald

Ages 3–8playfamily

Cover of Panda Club's Tree House Reader (Road to Reading)

Panda Club's Tree House Reader (Road to Reading)

Golden Books

Ages 4–8friendshipadventure

Cover of Bitty Baby and me

Bitty Baby and me

Kirby Larson

Ages 4–8imaginationsisterhood

Cover of Kyle's recess

Kyle's recess

Terri Dougherty

Ages 4–8playschool

Cover of Molly

Molly

Ruth Radlauer

Ages 3–6friendshipschool

Cover of Frostbite Hotel

Frostbite Hotel

Karin Adams

Ages 7–12winter adventureimagination

Cover of Superhero Max / Lawrence David ; illustrated by Tara Calahan King

Superhero Max / Lawrence David ; illustrated by Tara Calahan King

David, Lawrence.

Ages 4–8imaginationplay

Cover of Splish splash bang crash!

Splish splash bang crash!

Karen Gundersheimer

Ages 2–6playnoise

Cover of Nursery

Nursery

Jessica Stockham

Ages 2–5schoollearning

Cover of In the night garden

In the night garden

Barbara M. Joosse

Ages 3–7imaginationnature

Cover of Counting

Counting

Emma Dodd

Ages 2–5countingnumbers

Cover of Rub-a-dub-dub

Rub-a-dub-dub

Takabatake, Jun.

Ages 2–6imaginationanimals

Cover of Eye spy a bear!

Eye spy a bear!

Lilly, Melinda.

Ages 2–6observationplay

Cover of My fuzzy safari babies

My fuzzy safari babies

Tad Hills

Ages 1–4animalsdiscovery

Cover of Find-a-saurus

Find-a-saurus

Mark Sperring

Ages 3–8discoveryimagination