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Make your own board game or read about a cool game in a story - take your pick!

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  • Cool Board Games

    Crafting Creative Toys & Amazing Games

    Felix, Rebecca, 1984-
    Readers will create Mini Magnetic Battleship, The Game of Your Life, Giant Outdoor Checkers and more! Step-by-step photos, materials lists, and extra tips and tricks get kids started.
    Book, 2016Minneapolis, Minnesota : Abdo Publishing, [2016] — J 794 FELIX
  • When twelve-year-old Farah and her two best friends get sucked into a mechanical board game called The Gauntlet of Blood and Sand, a puzzle game akin to a large Rubik's cube, they know it is up to them to defeat the game's diabolical architect in…
    Book, 2017New York : Salaam Reads, [2017] — J RIAZI
  • Games

    Learn to Play, Play to Win

    King, Daniel, 1963-
    Provides instructions on how to play a range of card and board games, as well as strategy and history of the games.
    Book, 2003Boston : Kingfisher, 2003. — J 794 KING
  • Milton Bradley is often credited as the father of board games, and the Milton Bradley Company has created Battleship, Jenga, Yahtzee, Trouble, and many more classic games.
    Book, 2016New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2016. — J BIO BRADLEY ANDERSO
  • Everybody starts somewhere, and once upon a time Luigi Lemoncello was a twelve-year-old boy in a large family who dreamed of being a showman; he gets his first chance working for a famous barker at a summer carnival where a mysterious puzzle leads…
    Book, 2022New York : Random House Children's Books, [2022] — J GRABENS
  • Make your next family game night unforgettable with just a single deck of cards.
    Book, 2020Emeryville, California : Rockridge Press, [2020] — J 795.4 SCHMITT
  • When five sixth-graders accidentally summon warriors from their favorite role-playing game to Brooklyn, they are taken on a wild adventure that tests their wits and their friendships.
    Book, 2018New York : Delacorte Press, [2018] — J MARKELL
  • Follow a diverse group of children as they enjoy their favorite games! Readers can delight in familiar play like hide-and-seek to more unusual activities like tangrams, all while learning about the importance of taking turns and participating.…
    Book, 2020Cambridge, MA : Barefoot Books, 2020. — E 793.019 CORTRIG
  • Sunny's just made it to middle school . . . and it's making her life very confusing. She's much more comfortable when she's in her basement, playing Dungeons & Dragons with a bunch of new friends. Because when you're swordfighting and…
    Graphic Novel, 2019New York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2019. — J HOLM
  • In the mystical realm of Bríandalör, every day the brave and the bold delve into hidden temples or forgotten dungeons, battling vile monsters and evil wizards to loot their treasure hoards for sweet, sweet magic items. But in their free time, our…
    Book, 2019New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019] — J ODONNEL
  • Readers no doubt have seen or heard of one or perhaps many of these games, but in this volume, they'll get the inside scoop needed to join, play, and win.
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Gareth Stevens Publishing, [2018] — J 794 KEPPELE
  • Provides instructions and rules for classic indoor and outdoor children's games.
    Book, 2009Mankato, Minn. : Capstone Press, [2009] — J 790.1922 BELL RE