Book excerpt: Are you looking for exciting games to play anywhere, anytime, with little or no equipment or preparation? Do you need an old game, a new game, an active or a quiet game? With some kids, chalk, a jump rope, marbles, jacks, a ball and a bag of rubber bands, the fun in this book is yours! Game for a Game? shares the special secrets, folklore, lingo, hand signs, rhymes and rules of all sorts of games from the school yard to street, from the playroom to classroom. If you want to know games inside and out and take part in the natural learning that occurs with participation, then just ask yourself one simple question: Are you game for a game?!