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CA = Crafts/Art D = Dramatics FD = Folk Dance G = Games L = Leadership

O = Outdoors P = Puppetry PI = Play Parties S = Singing ST = Storytelling

FD - Armstrong, Don. The Caller/Teacher Manual for Contras. Sets in Order. American Square Dance Society, 462 N. Robertson, Los Angeles, CA 90048.

CA - Atwater, Mary. Byways in Handweaving. Second Printing. MacMillan, New York, 1972. Basic directions for many methods of weaving.

G - Aycox, Frank. Games We Should Play in School. Front Row Experience, 540 Discovery Bay Blvd., Byron, CA 94514, 1985. Many familiar games, with instructions, comments. Teaching guides. Sections on leadership, philosophy and classroom situations.

P - Batchelder, M. Puppets and Plays. Harper and Row, New York, 1956. Out of print: available in some libraries. "Still the best": H.K.

FD - Beliatus, Vytautus B. Merrily Dance. 5790 Highway 80 South, Burnsville, NC, World Around Songs. A small collection of ethnic dances from Middle Europe: includes directions.

S - Blood-Patterson, Peter, Editor. Rise Up Singing. Sing Out Corporation, P.O. Box 5253, Bethlehem, PA 18015. A wordbook listing songs under subject matter, with title index and guitar chords. Melody lines not included.

G - Boyd, Neva. Handbook of Recreational Games. Dover Publications, Inc.. 1973, New York. More than 300 games, compiled by one of the first educators to view play as a path to social growth.

L - Boyd, Neva L. Play and Game Theory in Group Work. University of Illinois, 1971. A selection of essays on the theory of play and games.

FD - Casey, Betty. International Folk Dancing U.S.A. Doubleday & Co., Inc., Garden City, NY, 1981. An excellent resource book of folk dance information from the people and the countries that have influenced the growth of international folk dancing in this country. More than 60 authors, teachers, leaders and folk dancers have contributed their knowledge and historical perspective.

PI, FD - Chase, Richard. Singing Games and Play Party Games. Dover Publications, New York. Traditional games and dances from the Appalachian mountains. Music included.

FD - Community Dance Manuals, Books 1-7. Douglas Kennedy, Series Editor, with new intro. by Tony Parkes. Princeton Book Company, Publishers, P.O. Box 109, Princeton, NJ 08542. Available from Country Dance Society. Dance directions for traditional English dances, mostly contemporary, with printed music for suggested tunes. Highly recommended for musicians or leaders.

L - Cooper, Susan and Cathy Heenan. Preparing, Designing, Leading Workshops. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1980.

S - Cope, Nan. Bright Morning Stars. World Around Songs, 5790 Highway 80 South, Burnsville, NC 28714.

FD - Country Dance and Song Society of America. 12 New South St., Northampton, MA 01060.

CA - D'Amico, Victor, Frances Wilson and Moreen Maser. Art for the Family. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Invaluable book, but out of print.

CA - Edwards, Betty. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. J.P. Tardier Inc., Los Angeles, CA, 1979.

D - Elkind, Samuel. Improvisation Handbook. Foresman and Co., Glenview, IL. 1975. Many ideas for starting activities for informal dramatics. Improvisation requires a group effort which depends on cooperation, support and trust among players. Its course is unplanned and open-ended.

FD - Everett, Bert. Traditional Canadian Dances. Can-Ed Media, 185 Spadina Ave., Toronto, Canada. 35 squares and other useful dances, plus calling tips.

FD - Farwell, Jane. Folk Dances for Fun. World Around Songs, 5790 Hwy. 80 South, Burnsville, NC 28714. Ethnic dances with directions and leadership ideas.

L - Flynn, Elizabeth and John LaFaso. Group Discussion as a Learning Process. Paulist Press. 1972.

G - Fluegelman, Andrew, Editor. The New Games Book. Dolphin Books/Doubleday and Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1976.

G - More New Games. Dolphin Books/Doubleday and Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1976. These two books have a somewhat different approach to playing games, with lots of good ideas and techniques, a spirit of fun and a solid foundation of cooperative, non-competitive and all-inclusive play.

PI, S, G - Fowke, Edith. Sally Go Round the Sun. McClelland and Stewart, Toronto. 30 children's songs, rhymes and games.

FD - Fowke, Edith and Richard Johnson. Folk Songs of Canada. Waterloo Music Company, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Large collection of songs native to Canada and suitable for group singing.

CA - Frank, Frederick. The Zen of Seeing: Seeing/Drawing as Meditation. Random Press, New York. 1975.

S, PI, G, FD - Gordon, Shelley. Play to Music. C/o author, 25 Belsize Drive, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4S 1L3. Dances, play parties, games and songs. Leadership information focuses on the playful approach to music.

PI, S - Gordon, Shelley. "Put More Music Into Play" in Paul F. Wilkinson (ed), In Celebration of Play. Croom Helm Ltd., London. 1980.

S, P1 - Gordon, Shelley. Songs to Sing and Sing Again. World Around Songs, 5790 Highway 80 South, Burnsville, NC 28714. Pocketsized booklet designed to aid group singing. Large collection of songs and rhythmic and dramatic activities.

FD - Handy Folk Dance Book, Handy Square Dance Book, and Handy Play Party Book. World Around Songs, 5790 Highway 80 South, Burnsville, NC 28714. The first two are out of print, but still available in libraries and personal collections. HPPB, in a new edition, is available.

G - Harris, Frank. Great Games to Play with Groups. Fearon Teacher Aids, 500 Harbor Boulevard, Belmont, CA 94002.

FD - Harris, Pittman and Waller. Dance A While. Burgess Publishing Company, 426 S. 6th St., Minneapolis, MN 55415.

FD - Herman, Michael. Folk Dances for All. Box 2305, N. Babylon, NY 11703.

FD, G - Hipps, R. Harold and Wallace E. Chappell. World of Fun Manual of Instructions for Use with World of Fun Folk Dance and Game Records. United Methodist Church, Nashville, TN.

FD - Holden, Ricky. The Contra Dance Book. Copyright 1956, American Squares, Newark, N.J. Over 100 contras and progressive circles with suggestions for teaching. (Available from Folkraft Records.)

O, P, CA - Hughes, Langston. The First Book of Rhythms. A book that stimulates a sense of design.

L - Huizinga, Johan. Homo Ludens, A Study of the Play Element in Culture. Beacon Press, Boston, MA. 1964.

FD - Jennings, Larry. Zesty Contras. New England Folk Festival Association. 1983.

CA - Johnson, Pauline. Creating with Paper. University of Washington Press. 1958.

S, Pl - Kenney, Maurine. Circle Round the Zero. MMB Music, St. Louis, MO. Play chants and singing games of city children.

O - Knapp, Clifford E. and Joel Goodman. Humanizing Environmental Education: A Guide for Leading Nature and Human Nature Activities. American Camping Association, Martinsville, IN. 1981.

FD - Kraus, Richard. Folk Dancing. MacMillan Company, NY.

G, FD, O, L - Kraus, Richard. Recreation Leader's Handbook. McGraw Hill, NY, NY. 1955. A variety of recreation materials and discussion of leadership.

FD - Lapson, Dvora. Dances of the Jewish People. Jewish Education Committee, 426 W. 58th St., NY, NY. Israeli and Eastern European dances with music.

CA - Laye, Andrew. Creative Rubbings. Watson Guptill, New York. Very useful and stimulating ideas on crayon rubbings.

G - LeFevre, Dale. New Games for the Whole Family. Putnam Publishing Group. New York, 1988.

FD - Lind-Sinian, Susan and Gary. Dance Armenian. 4 Belmont St., Newton, MA. A collection of Armenian dances as danced at contemporary American-Armenian parties. Dance descriptions for about 40 Armenian dances, with an excellent introduction on Armenian heritage.

FD - Linnell, Rod. Square Dances from a Yankee Caller's Clipboard. Copyright 1974 by The New England Square Dance Caller, P.O.B. NC, Norwell, MA 02061 (currently out of print). A collection of contras and squares and double quadrilles, with excellent discography and notes on calling the dances.

S - Lomax, Alan. Folk Songs of North America. Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1960. Includes guitar and piano accompaniment, guitar and banjo instructions, and history of folk songs in the United States.

CA - Lowenfeld, Victor. Creative and Mental Growth. MacMillan, 1952.

D - Lowndes, Betty. Movement and Creative Drama. Plays, Inc., Boston, MA.

L - Luschen, Gunther. Cross-Cultural Analysis of Sport and Games. Stipes Publishing, University of Illinois, 1970.

CA - MacDonald, Rosabelle. Art as Education: The Study of Art in the Secondary School. Henry Holt and Co., NY, 1941: out of print.

CA - Mattil, Edward. Meaning in Crafts. 6th printing, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1964. Many crafts, presented in an open-ended approach which allows for maximum creative activity.

FD - Mayo, Margot. The American Square Dance Handbook. Oak Publications, NY, 1964.

G, FD, S, L - Melamed, Lanie. Action and Interaction: Connecting People Through Play. McGill University School of Social Work, Montreal, Quebec. 1970.

FD - Melamed, Lanie. All Join Hands. C/o author, 494 Victoria Ave., Montreal, Quebec.

G - Millen, Nina. Children's Games from Many Lands. Friendship Press, New York, 1965.

S - Mills, Alan. Favorite French Folk Songs. Oak Publications, NY. Traditional songs of France and Canada, with guitar accompaniment.

FD - NEFFA (New England Folk Festival Association). 1950 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA 19143.

L - Norris, Ruth. "The Human Values in Recreation," Recreation, November, 1962, pp. 442-443.

D - Ontario Ministry of Education. Drama in the Formative Years. Ontario Government Bookstore, 880 Bay Street, Ontario, 1984. Informal dramatics activities, geared for the school room but adaptable to recreation programs.

G - Orlick, Terry. Cooperative Sports and Games, Book I and Book II. Random House, Missisauga.

FD - Page, Ralph. The Ralph Page Book of Contras. EFDSS; an excellent collection by the Dean of American contras and squares, with tunes.

FD - Parks, Tony. Shadrack's Delight. Copyright 1988. Hands Four Books, Box A. Bedford, MA 01730. 43 square, circle and contra dances in the New England style, with a cassette tape of all the dances also available.

G, S - Parry, Caroline. Let's Celebrate. Kids Can Press, Toronto, 1987. Games, songs and activities connected with a wide variety of cultures: researched in the multicultural context of Toronto.

CA - Rainey, Sarita. Weaving Without a Loom. Davis Publications, Worcester, MA. Excellent ideas, directions and illustrations.

S - Saletan, Tony. Let's All Sing. Western Instructions, Los Angeles.

S - Saletan, Tony. The Song Bag. Western Instructions, Los Angeles.

FD - Sannella, Ted. Balance and Swing. Country Dance and Song Society, 505 8th Ave., NY, NY 10018. 1982.

ST - Schimmel, Nancy. Just Enough to Make a Story: A Sourcebook for Storytelling. Sisters Choice Press, Berkeley, 1978.

CA - Schuman, Jo Miles. Art from Many Hands. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Craft ideas from many different cultures.

S - Schwartz, Teddi, and Arthur Kevess. Turn balalaika. Hargail Music, NY, NY. Jewish songs transliterated and translated; includes chords and suggestions for group Singing.

S - Seeger, Pete. American Favorite Ballads. Oak Publications, NY, NY. 1961. Lots of songs suitable for group singing, chords included.

S - Seeger, Pete. The Bells of Rhymney. Oak Publications, NY.

S - Seeger, Ruth Crawford. American Folk Songs for Children. Doubleday Company, NY, NY. Songs, play parties and dances; teaching and leadership information.

CA - Snow, Marjorie. Step by Step Tablet Weaving. Golden Press, NY, NY. Egyptian Card Weaving.

D - Spolin, Viola. Improvisation for the Theatre. Illinois: Northwestern University Press. 1963.

G - Suits, Bernard. The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia. University of Toronto Press, Toronto. 1978. An exploration of playfulness and of barriers to experiencing playfulness.

CA - Stribling, Mary Lou. Art from Found Materials. Crown Press. 1970.

FD - Sweet, Ralph. Old Tyme Square Dancing. C/o author, Powder Mill Barn, 32 S. Maple St., Hazardville, CT. 1966. Classic in the Field, with traditional singing, contra and patter calls. Suggestions for 12 lessons.

FD - Sweet, Ralph. The Fifer's Delight. C/o author, see above. Many tunes in a highly readable booklet.

D - Taylor, Loren E. Pantomime and Pantomime Games. Burgess Publishing. Minneapolis, MN.

FD - Tolman and Page. The Country Dance Book. Stephen Greene Press, Brattleboro, VI. Re-print of 1937 edition. Instructions for New England dances, and anecdotes.

FD - Vouras, Mary and Ricky Holden. Greek Dances. Folkcraft Press, 10 Fenwick, Newark, NJ 07114.

D - Way, Brian. Development Through Drama. Longman, London & Toronto. Basic approach to leading creative dramatic activities.

CA - Whyte, Kathleen. Design in Embroidery. Batsford, London. Excellent book of stimulating ideas and exercises to develop one's sense of design in arts and crafts, not just embroidery.

CA - Wilson, Jean. Weaving Is for Anyone. Reinhold, NY. Variety of ideas and techniques for off-loom weaving.