John Dinneen

This is one of a series of books that cover origami and games and all of the books are worth collecting. They all lay out the instructions for their respective activities clearly and in an interesting way and the illustrations of Louis Silvestro are always humorous and charming. In this book a little cartoon mouse always seems to be in almost the wrong place at the wrong time, trying to escape the flying marbles or jacks. The visual humour adds to the overall pleasure of these books.

This book is divided into three sections corresponding to the games of the title: Marbles, Hopscotch, and Jacks.… (meer)