Yellow book cover with colourful illustrations (cowboy boot, trumpet, rotary phone, lobster, pencil, dice, paper plane). Cover reads 'Michael Rosen's Book of Play! Why play really matters and 101 ways to get more of it in your life.'
Inside title page is white with black writing 'Michael Rosen's book of play!' below are Profile Books and Wellcome Collection logos.
Inside page titled 'readymade musical instrument' followed by a paragraph of text, a black illustration of a toothbrush and the sentence 'ever blown air over the top of an empty glass bottle? Get it right and it makes a noise like a flute.' underneath this are black and white illustrations of a ball of string and a wine bottle.
Inside spread shows illustration of whisk, glass and upside-down collander. The page reads 'Turn your saucepans upside down and create a drum kit. Any plastic bottle can become a bongo drum. Fill it with stones or dried peas and you have maracas. How about getting a group and see if you can make music together?'
page 30 is 2 paragraphs of text.
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  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Inside title page is white with black writing 'Michael Rosen's book of play!' below are Profile Books and Wellcome Collection logos.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Inside page titled 'readymade musical instrument' followed by a paragraph of text, a black illustration of a toothbrush and the sentence 'ever blown air over the top of an empty glass bottle? Get it right and it makes a noise like a flute.' underneath this are black and white illustrations of a ball of string and a wine bottle.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Inside spread shows illustration of whisk, glass and upside-down collander. The page reads 'Turn your saucepans upside down and create a drum kit. Any plastic bottle can become a bongo drum. Fill it with stones or dried peas and you have maracas. How about getting a group and see if you can make music together?'
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Michael Rosen's Book of Play

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Why play really matters and 101 ways to get more of it in your life
This book explains why play matters for our creativity, happiness and resilience. 

Michael Rosen's Book of Play is filled with activities and prompts for creative play for all ages, both indoors and outdoors! There's doodling, word play and games! 

Michael Rosen is a former children's laureate and best selling author. 

 

Additional Information: 

  • Author: Michael Rosen & Charlotte Trounce
  • Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
  • 272-page illustrated paperback
  • Publication Date: 01/10/2020
  • 198 x 129 mm