Research

An Ongoing Play Bibliography

Aaron, David; Winawer, Bonnie P. Child's Play. Harper and Row. 1965

 

Bengtsson, Arvid. Adventure Playgrounds. Crosby Lockwood. 1972

 

Bengtson, Arvid. Ein Platz für Kinder. Bauverlag GmbH. 1971

 

Bengtson, Arvid. Ein Platz für Robinson. Bauverlag GmbH. 1972

 

Bengtsson, Arvid. Environmental Planning for Children's Play. 1970

 

Bengtson, Arvid. The Child's Right to Play. International Playground Association. 1974

 

Bengtson, Arvid. Vom Schulhof zum Spielhof. Bauverlag GmbH. 1978

 

Benjamin, Joe. In search of adventure. A Study in Play Leadership. The National Council of Social Service. 1961

 

Bjorklund, Gail. Planning for Play: A Developmental Approach. Charles E. Merrill. 1978

 

Borden, Iain. Skateboarding, Space and the City: Architecture and the Body. Berg. 2001

 

Butler, George D. Introduction to Community Recreation. McGraw-Hill. 1940

 

Châtelet, Anne-Marie; Lerch, Dominique; Luc, Jean-Noël. Open-Air Schools: An Educational and Architectural Venture in Twentieth-Century Europe. Éditions Recherches. 2003

 

Coffin, Gill and Williams, Morris. Children's Outdoor Play in the Built Environment.

The National Children's Play and Recreation Unit. 1989

 

Corbusier, Le. Kinder der Strahlenden Stadt. Verlag Gerd Hatje. 1968

 

Dargan, Amanda and Zeitlin, Steve. City Play. Rutgers University Press. 1990

 

Dattner, Richard. Design for Play. MIT Press. 1969

 

Dudek, Mark. Children's Spaces. Routledge. 2005

 

Dudek, Mark. Kindergarten Architecture. Chapman and Hall. 1996

 

Friedberg, M. Paul. Do-It-Yourself Playgrounds. The Architectural Press. 1976

 

Friedberg, M. Paul. Handcrafted Playgrounds: Designs You Can Build Yourself.

First Vintage Edition Books. 1975 

 

Friedberg, M. Paul w/Berkeley, Ellen Perry. Play and Interplay: A Manifesto for New Design in Urban Recreational Environment. The Macmillan Company. 1970

 

Frost, Joe L. Play and Playscapes. Delmar Publishers. 1992

 

Frost, Joe L. and Klein, Barry L. Children's Play and Playgrounds. Allyn and Bacon. 1979

 

Gill, Tim. No Fear: Growing Up in a Risk Averse Society. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. 2007

 

Greenman, Jim. Caring Spaces, Learning Places: Children's Environments That Work.

Exchange Press. 1988

 

Hetzer, Hildegard; Benner, Liselotte; Pée, Lieselotte. Kinderspeil im Freien. Ernst Reinhardt Verlag. 1966

 

Hewes, Jeremy Joan. Build Your Own Playground: A Sourcebook of Play Sculptures.

Houghton Mifflin Company. 1974

 

Hogan, Paul. The Nuts and Bolts of Playground Contruction. Leisure Press. 1982

 

Hogan, Paul. Playgrounds for Free. MIT Press. 1974

 

Huizinga, Johan H. Homo Ludens: Study of the Play Element in Culture. Routledge. 1980

 

Hurtwood, Lady Allen of. Design for Play. FILA. 1962

 

Hurtwood, Lady Allen of. Planning for Play. Thames and Hudson. 1968

 

International Playground Association. Adventure Playgrounds and Children's Creativity. International Playground Association. 1975

 

Lambert, Jack and Pearson, Jenny. Adventure Playgrounds. Penguin Books. 1974

 

Ledermann, Alfred; Trachsel, Alfred. Creative Playgrounds and Recreation Centers.

Frederick A. Praeger, 1959

 

Ledermann, Alfred / Trachsel, Alfred. Spielplatz und Gemeinschaftszentrum. Verlag Gerd Hatje. 1959

 

Lefaivre, Liane and de Roode, Ingeborg. Aldo van Eyck: The Playgrounds and the City

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. 2002

 

Lindon, Jennie. Too Safe for Their Own Good. NCB. 2011 

 

Mason, John. The Environment of Play. Leisure Press. 1982

 

Norén-Björn, Eva. The Impossible Playground. Leisure Press. 1982

 

Norman, Nils. An Architecture of Play: A Survey of London's Adventure Playgrounds. Four Corners Books. 2003

 

Rouard, Marguerite and Simon, Jacques. Children's Play Spaces: From Sandbox to Adventure Playground. The Overlook Press. 1977

 

Rudolph, Nancy. Workyards: Playgrounds Planned for Adventure.

Teachers College Columbia University Press. 1974

 

Shier, Harry. Adventure Playgrounds: an Introduction.

National Playing Fields Association. 1984

 

Senda, Mitsuru. Design of Childrens Play Environments. Mc Graw Hill. 1992

 

Solomon, Susan G. American Playgrounds: Revitalizing Community Space

University Press of New England. 2005

 

Ward, Colin. Child in the City. The Architectural Press, 1977

 

Ward, Colin. Child in the Country. Bedford Square Press. 1988

 

Wilkinson, Paul F. Innovations in Play Environments. Croom Helm. 1980