The premise of this slim volume is that game playing should be inventive. The author often derides "boring" and "ordinary" pastimes and makes wry comments about parents. All 34 games are played with or made from items generally found around the house like bottle caps, pieces of cheese, old calendars, soda cans, sliced-up plastic pop containers, straws, furniture, and old toys. Some of the ideas are quite creative; others have potential for creating problems. For example, "Story Boardy" requires that toilet paper be unrolled throughout the entire house. Players are to draw lines and write instructions with magic markers on the squares. Hopefully, this "board" is not created on pale-colored carpets. Quirky drawings accompany the activities. Unfortunately, the small-size type is difficult to read, especially when printed on a colored background.–Kathryn Kosiorek, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Brooklyn, OH Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.