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Books in the Games genre:

The First Book Library: Baseball, Gardening, Photography (1958)

A collection of books on various topics for children with illustrations.

Merry Go Round (1958)

As you flip the pages you can follow Harold on his merry go ride around the zoo.

Author(s): Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s): Crockett Johnson

The Book of the Dance (1959)

A history of dance.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Agnes de Mille
Illustrator(s): N. M. Bodecker
Photographs

Quiz Fun (1959)

Hundreds of fun facts to stump your friends.

Best in Children’s Books Volume 32 (1960)

A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.

Jack Mack (1960)

A collection of tongue-twisters.

Author(s): Robert Paul Smith
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Richard Scarry’s Just for Fun (1960)

The animals have fun building a tree house, dressing up and fishing.

Author(s): Patricia Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

Welcome Home! (1960)

A fox hunt from the fox’s perspective.

I’m Hiding (1961)

A little girl lists all the ways she can hide.

Author(s): Myra Cohn Livingston
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Just for Fun (1963)

The animals have fun building a tree house, dressing up and fishing. This is the Read It Yourself edition.

Author(s): Patricia Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

Small but Wiry (1963)

A selection from The Middle Moffat.

Author(s): Eleanor Estes
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

Shoes, Pennies and Rockets (1968)

A collection of twenty singing games for children.

Author(s): Ralph Alan Dale
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

Happy Days (1969)

The story in words, music and pictures of how children throughout the world celebrate their special days.

Author(s): Christine Price
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

The Nursery Rhymes of England (1970)

This was the first attempt to assemble a comprehensive collection of English nursery rhymes and children's games. Read the first trade edition online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): James Orchard Halliwell
Illustrator(s): Maureen Roffey

Topsy-Turvies: Pictures to Stretch the Imagination (1970)

There are different ways of seeing, even when looking at the same picture.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s): Mitsumasa Anno

Here Comes Tagalong (1971)

Steve is just Tagalong to his brother’s friends. Then he finds a group of friends his own age. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Anne Mallett
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

The Pooh Party Book (1971)

Five parties, including an Eeyore birthday party; a spring party; a picnic, swimming, and expotition party; a honey-tasting party; and a woozle-wizzle snow party. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Virginia H. Ellison
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

Upside-Downers: More Pictures to Stretch the Imagination (1971)

A house of cards, that can be read backwards and forwards.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s): Mitsumasa Anno

The Gold Bat (1974)

A tale of Wrykyn, an English ‘public’ school, cricket and certain pranks, one of which targeted the local MP.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

My Head-to-Toe Book (1974)

Animals show some of the things active kids can do.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Jean Tymms
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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