Preface -- Reeny -- Frederick -- Posters -- Tico -- Wings -- Cornelius -- Oliver -- Family Stories -- Letters -- Little Blue and Little Yellow -- Inch by Inch -- Rituals -- Walter -- Second Thoughts -- Swimmy -- Another Layer -- Hanuman -- Crirlsand Boys -- Geraldine -- Forgiveness -- Going Fishing -- The Easy Tree -- Mr. McMouse -- Family Discussion -- Brown Baby -- Until the Cock Crows
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Flit across the classroom walls. Soon enough we are drawn into Reeny's remarkable dance of self-revelation and celebration, and into the literary turn it takes when Reeny discovers a kindred spirit in Leo Lionni - a writer of books and teller of tales. Led by Reeny, Paley takes us on a tour through the landscape of characters created by Lionni. These characters come to dominate a whole year of discussion and debate as the children argue the virtues and weaknesses of.
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Lionni's creations and his themes of self-definition and the individual's place in the community. The Girl with the Brown Crayon tells a simple personal story of a teacher and a child, interweaving the themes of race, identity, gender, and the essential human needs to create and to belong. With characteristic charm and wonder, Paley discovers how the unexplored territory unfolding before her and Reeny comes to mark the very essence of school, a common core of reference.
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Once again Vivian Paley takes us into the inquiring minds and dramatic worlds of young children learning in the kindergarten classroom. As she enters her final year of teaching, Paley tells in this book a story of farewell and a story of self-discovery - through the thoughts and blossoming spirit of Reeny, a little girl with a fondness for the color brown and an astonishing sense of herself, "This brown girl that's dancing is me," Reeny announces as her crayoned figures.
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Something to ponder deeply and expand on extravagantly.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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JSTOR
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22573/ctvk0350k
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Title
Girl with the brown crayon.
International Standard Book Number
9780674354395
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Lionni, Leo,1910-1999.
Lionni, Leo,1910-1999.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Children's literature-- Study and teaching (Preschool)-- Illinois-- Chicago, Case studies.
Language arts (Preschool)-- Illinois-- Chicago, Case studies.
Preschool children-- Books and reading-- Illinois-- Chicago, Case studies.
Children's literature-- Study and teaching (Preschool)