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moseslh's review against another edition
5.0
An excellent book, and a really quick read. Paley, a preschool teacher whose curriculum focuses on storytelling, discusses the case of a boy in her class who doesn't quite fit in and how he ends up becoming part of the classroom community. In the process, she reveals important wisdom about the nature of play as both literature and therapy for children. I was fascinated to learn about the way a literary culture of sorts develops in the preschool classroom, with certain archetypes and repeated motifs developing among the children, and about the purposes literature serves in the microcosm of the preschool classroom.
jeremyhornik's review against another edition
3.0
In this one, the slow path of a boy from playing only his own game, by himself, to how he gradually lets his classmates stories into his story. I recommend this book for parents of young children, although anyone interested in play would enjoy it.
abs171910's review against another edition
4.0
Read for Theatre For Young People, Queen Mary University of London, 2020.
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