Cross (English and early childhood education, San Juan Community College, Farmington, New Mexico) has ten-plus years of experience as an educator in both general and special education classrooms, and is also the author of a text on working with kinesthetic learners. She presents a text for child care providers and educators working with children who face play challenges that impede or prevent those children from developing in any major skill-acquisition process, such as healthy social interaction with peers, or in any area of development, such as emotional growth. The text features an introductory overview of sensory-integration strategies for play challenges, followed by chapters discussing five common play challenges--repetitious dabbling during play, continual roaming around the playroom, continual anxiousness about or during play, continual detachment or unfriendliness during play, and continual rejection by playmates during play--and specific intervention guidelines and activities for each situation. No subject index is provided. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)