Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. one young children 1
4. two the language of play 4
5. three charlotte and cinderella 9
6. four the first rungs of the ladder 16
7. five the invention of theater 20
8. six looking for peter rabbit 25
9. seven frogs, kittens, and bad guys 30
10. eight before there was school, there were stories 35
11. nine big A and little a 42
12. ten anxious families, philosophical children 48
13. eleven the art of conversation 57
14. twelve who owns the subject? 60
15. thirteen simon’s story 66
16. fourteen proving what we know 70
17. fifteen the subject was a puzzle piece 77
18. sixteen tom and jerry 84
19. seventeen pretenses and perceptions 88
20. eighteen what if? 92
21. nineteen franklin in the blocks 97
22. twenty musical chairs 102
23. twenty-one a letter from england 107