Street Games Book Ready For National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. "New York Street Games" Dvd & Games Rule Book $19.95 Limited Time Offer!

Available now for purchase on Amazon.com and the film's official website
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Stickball, Stoopball, Chinese Handball, Hopscotch.....
Games children play on an urban landscape.....

Through interviews with dozens of prominent New Yorkers including Ray Romano, Regis Philbin, Hector Elizondo, Joe Pantoliano, Curtis Sliwa and experts including former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop (a Brooklyn Boy), New York Street Games takes us back to a simpler time when the rules of the game were....well, the rules of the game. Their stories offer an intriguing and often humorous portrait of how things used to be, how they have changed, and how to recapture some of the positives of a simpler time.

New York Street Games profiles the street games; their origins, their rules, their social and cultural importance, and the sense of community they engendered. Street games played an important role in both entertainment and physical activity for a diverse group of children. These games brought people out of their homes and into the streets for cost-effective, community-building fun.

Not just a slice of nostalgia, New York Street Games also looks at how the change in activity over the years has impacted children today on physical and social levels. Has technology, and the rise of the video game, diminished the lure of the streets? Has the way playing changed over the years affected the well being of children and communities?

New York Street Games captures a special time in American history; a look back at all things great about New York and past generations.