The folkstories of children
By: Brian Sutton-Smith, in collaboration with David M. Abrams ... [et al.].
Series: Publications of the American Folklore Society : New series ; v. 3; Publications of the American Folklore Society.; v. 3.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
Subjects: Folklore and children.; Child authors.; Fantasy in children.; Children -- Folklore.; Folklore and children -- New York (State) -- New York.; Children -- New York (State) -- New York -- Folklore.
Description: "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 of staging and plot organization."--Publisher description.
Notes: Bibliography: p. xiii-xiv.