Wally's Stories: Conversations in the Kindergarten
In a book exceptionally modest in manner and unusually substantial in matter, Mrs. Paley has given a vivid and credible picture of how five-year-olds think. An entertaining picture, too, and a strangely inspiriting one. (D. J. EnrightTimes Literary Supplement)[These] are the reflections of an expert, sensitive, experienced "kid-watcher," who believes that the children's magical thinking provides a legitimate framework within which more adult-like thinking can develop...Wally's Storiesdoes not simply 'instruct'; it also unfailingly delights. (Judith LindforsLanguage Arts)This remarkable book is delightful to read and rewarding to ponder. It is the kind of book a teacher quotes to friends, shares with colleagues, and uses as a source of working ideas and inspiration. (Alice SeletskyElementary School Journal)Paley's anecdotal record of a kindergarten class is a reflective examination of how five-year-olds think and of how one child's well-developed imagination can catalyze a class...She has fresh insights to offer from this particular arena as she reminds us that magic gives children power in a world where adults seem to have the answers. A trenchant informal analysis. (Kirkus Reviews)--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.