The Folkstories of Children

by Brian Sutton-Smith

Book Overview

What prompts children to tell stories? What does the word "story" mean to a child at two or five years of age? The Folkstories of Children, first published in 1981, features nearly five hundred stories that were volunteered by fifty children between the ages of two and ten and transcribed word for word. The stories are organized chronologically by the age of the teller, revealing the progression of verbal competence and the gradual emergence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812211081
• ISBN13: 9780812211085
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"