Selected publications on recess and play (See all of Anna’s books Some are open access, with free download options!)
Beresin, A., & Bishop, J., Eds. (2023). Play in a COVID Frame. Open Access.
Beresin, A. (2019). The Character of Play. Washington, DC: Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education.
Beresin, A. (2016). “Playing with Time,” International Journal of Play, Special Issue Reprint, Fifth Anniversary Issue. Issue 5 (2).
Beresin, A. (2015). “Playgrounds” in Youth Cultures in America. Simon Bronner, and Cindy Dell Clark, eds. Santa Barbara: ABC- CLIO.
Beresin, A. (2014). The Art of Play: Recess and The Practice of Invention. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.
Beresin, A. (2012). “Play Counts: Pedometers and the Case for Recess.” International Journal of Play. Issue 1 (2).
Beresin, A. (2010). Recess Battles: Playing, Fighting, and Storytelling. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi.
Beresin, A. (2004). “School Power, Children’s Play, and the Timing of Recess Violence” in The Cultural Shaping of Violence, ed, Myrdene Anderson. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University.
Beresin, A. (2002). “Children’s Expressive Culture in the Light of 9/11/01.” Special Issue of the Anthropology and Education Quarterly. 33 (3) 331-337, 2002.