Includes bibliographical references and index.

Covid frame / Julia Bishop

Gathered in play : play as the common space during the Covid-19 lockdown in serbia / Živka Krnjaja and Nevena Mitranić

Up, down, stop, go, and everything in between : promoting a resident-driven play-based agenda during a global pandemic in Rochester, New York / Holly Sienkiewicz [and six others]

‘Let them play’ : exploring class, the play divide and the impact of Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland / Maria O’dwyer, Carmel Hannan, And Patricia Neville

How playwork in the United Kingdom coped with Covid-19 and the 23 March lockdown /Pete King

Playworkers’ experiences, children’s rights and Covid-19 : a case study of Komodo Yume Park, Japan / Mitsunari Terada, Mariia Ermilova, and Hitoshi Shimamura

Objects of resilience : plush perspectives on pandemic toy play in Finland / Katriina Heljakka

‘This is the ambulance, this truck’ : Covid as frame, theme and provocation in Philadelphia, USA / Anna Beresin

Parents’ perspectives on their children’s play and friendships during the Covid-19 pandemic in England / Caron Carter

Digital heroes of the imagination : an exploration of disabled-led play in England during the Covid-19 pandemic / William Renel and Jessica Thom

Play and vulnerability in Scotland during the Covid-19 pandemic / Nicolas Le Bigre

How young children played during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020 in Ireland : findings from the play and learning in the early years (PLEY) Covid-19 study / Suzanne M. Egan [and three others]

Children’s emerging play and experience in the Covid-19 era : educational endeavours and changes in South Korea / Pool Ip Dong

The observatory of children’s play experiences during Covid-19 : a photo essay / John Potter and Michelle Cannon

During the Covid-19 pandemic / Martha Radice

‘We stayed home and found new ways to play’ : a study of playfulness, creativity and resilience in Australian children during the Covid-19 pandemic / Judy Mckinty, Ruth Hazleton, and Danni Von Der Borch

Techno-mischief : negotiating exaggeration online in quarantine / Anna Beresin

What’s behind the mask? Family, fandoms and playful caring around children’s masks during the Covid-19 pandemic / Yinka Olusoga and Catherine Bannister

Art in the streets : playful politics in the work of the velvet bandit and sudalove / Heather Shirey

Conclusion : Covid in a play frame / Anna Beresin and Julia Bishop