Boy on the Beach Building Community Through Play

Name: Boy on the Beach Building Community Through Play
Price: 5.18 USD
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ISBN: 9780226150956

ISBN-10: 022615095X

ISBN-13: 9780226150956

Edition: 2010

Authors: Vivian Gussin Paley

List price: $14.00

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Four-year-old Eli plays alone at the shore, inventing dramas out of sand and water. He is Builder, Fireman, Protector, and Scout, overcoming waves and conquering monsters. Enter Marianne and doll, Mother and Baby, eager to redefine Eli as a good father and homesteader. Their separate visions intertwine in a search for a common ground on which howling wolves and butterfly sisters can learn to understand and need one another.What can the richly imagined, impressively adaptable fantasy world of these children tell us about childhood, development, education, and even life itself? For fifty years, teacher and writer Vivian Gussin Paley has been exploring the imagery, language, and lore of young…

Book details

List price: $14.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/16/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 104
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.30" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English

Vivian Gussin Paley, a former kindergarten teacher, is the winner of a MacArthur Award and of the 1998 American Book Award for Lifetime Achievement given by the Before Columbus Foundation.