My World of Toys & Play, Volume I is one of three books in the My World of Toys & Play series that tells the author's story about some of the simple toys he made and the games he played during his childhood. For him, it was a childhood growing up in a period when his family's economic conditions did not support robust toy purchases for the children. Various examples in the book show how he coped with and overcame the impacts of his family's economic situation on his play opportunities. These impacts, experienced throughout his childhood, created situations where the nonavailability of store-bought toys could have greatly affected his quality of play but didn't.
Volume I of My World of Toys & Play begins his story of how he compensated. It, along with the other two volumes in this series, describes some of the games he played and the toys he created to help remedy his situation. The book details how the toys he created were made using selected household items and discarded paper products available to him during that time period. His stories in this book, like those in Volumes II and III, personify the obvious love the author had for play throughout his childhood.