The Case For Make Believe: Saving Play in a Commercialized World - Softcover

"A wonderful look at how playing can heal children, how in "pretend-worlds" they can find their truest selves. [Linn's] fierce advocacy for kids is on every page of this terrific book."
--The Boston Globe

"[A] welcome addition to such books as D.W. Winnicott's Playing and Reality, Bruno
Bettleheim's The Uses of Enchantment, and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's Flow."
--Library Journal

"Linn brings invaluable expertise to this well-organized and straightforward exploration of a neglected subject."
--Booklist

A follow-up to Consuming Kids presents an argument for the value of imaginary and creative play in both human development and corporate profit, sharing case stories that challenge popular beliefs about the role of commercial interests in child health. Reprint.