Crazy Eights and Other Card Games [Paperback]

Joanna Cole (Author), Stephanie Calmenson (Author), Alan Tiegreen (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1994

A step-by-step explanation of twenty of the most popular family card games, including ""Slapjack"" and ""Go Fish,"" offers detailed instructions and humorous drawings of the games that even young children can follow.

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Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-5-A good introduction to cards and card playing. Most kids who are old enough to read this book will already have a basic working knowledge of the standard deck; still, it is nice to see it so well described and illustrated. The authors include 20 simple games from "Go Fish!" and "Snap" to beginning rummy and poker. The only notable exclusion is "Hearts," which is a perennial favorite and has easy rules. The text is clear, with big print and lots of white space. Black, white, and red line drawings are often funny and complement the text well. This title is longer than John Belton and Joella Cramblit's Let's Play Cards (Steck-Vaughn, 1975; o.p.), but it has more child appeal.
JoAnn Rees, Sunnyvale Public Library, CA
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Booklist

Gr. 2-5. They're all here, those card games that children play at camp, at home, during recess, and at the house of a friend: war, concentration, spit, go fish, even poker--20 in all, including one or two for playing alone. Some playing-card know-how prefaces the games, including basics about suit highs and lows, how to hold the cards, and how to shuffle (thankfully, Cole and Calmenson give the OK to just plain mixing cards up on a tabletop). The authors conveniently note the number of players necessary and the game's object before setting down the well-thought-out instructions, which are illustrated with card diagrams (cards appear in black and red where necessary) and Tiegreen's comic cartoon-style drawings. A must for the recreation shelf. Stephanie Zvirin --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 76 pages
• Publisher: Beech Tree Books (April 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688122019
• ISBN-13: 978-0688122010
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #388,071 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A one-stop repository for favorite children's card games!, August 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Crazy Eights and Other Card Games (Paperback)

We discovered this book just after a week's vacation. We had been playing cards with children's card packs - old maid, rummy and go fish. I was anxious to find a book on all of the old children's games that I remember playing, Crazy Eights being a favorite. Not only does this book have lots of games, including many I had never heard of, but the illustrations and rules for playing are explained extremely well.

Highly recommended for some family time fun.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A deck of cards can be a family fun activity, October 12, 2002

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crazy Eights: And Other Card Games (Hardcover)

Crazy Eights And Other Card Games is a straightforward, "kid friendly" guide to simple playing card games that children of all ages can easily learn. Black-and-white illustrations and step-by-step instructions about the rules of games like Casino, Concentration, War, Twenty-One, Beginning Rummy, and a great many more guarantee that a deck of cards can be a family fun activity, as well as an ideal solution to children entertaining themselves when they must be indoors during inclement weather.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book but ridiculous price, August 14, 2010

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This review is from: Crazy Eights: And Other Card Games (Paperback)

Got this book because my granddaughter loves card games. Paid over $30, assuming it came with cards also. Instead, it is a slim paperback book that has $5.95 marked as list price on the back. I feel very ripped off.