Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Prologue: An “N of 1” 1
5. Introduction: Why Interpret the Clear? 5
6. PART I. Curricular Matters: A Pedagogy of Meaning
7. 1. Early Literacy, Play, and a Teaching Philosophy 15
8. 2. Fantasy Play and Young Children’s Search for Meaning 35
9. 3. Storytelling and Story Acting: Meaning Extended 53
10. PART II. Relational Matters: A Pedagogy of Fairness
11. 4. Teaching as a Moral Act, Classrooms as Democratic Spaces 93
12. 5. Race, Pedagogy, and the Search for Fairness 107
13. 6. Fairness Extended: Superheroes, Helicopters, and the Unchosen 129
14. Epilogue: The Classrooms Young Children Need—an “N of Many” 155
15. Appendix A: Guide to Implementation of Paley’s Storytelling Curriculum 157
16. Appendix B: Sample Stories 163
17. Appendix C: Sample Transcript of Child Dictation 177
18. Appendix D: Becoming a Teacher of Stories 185
19. Notes 203
20. References 211
21. Index 227