With his dad's help, Kevin overcomes his fear of the "King of the Playground" who has threatened to tie him to the slide, put him in a deep hole, or put him in a cage with bears.
Jerry's imaginative dad likes to build things, but when the jungle gym that started out fun grows out of control, Jerry's fear of heights--and the zoo animals and mobs of people the gym attracts--give Jerry the jitters.
Introduces the various types of playground equipment, including swings, slides, and sandboxes, as well as games and toys that may be enjoyed at the playground.
Playground director Bucky Cantor struggles to deal with the emotional and physical turmoil he faces as the polio epidemic ravages the children he cares for and about in 1940's Newark, New Jersey.