Vivian Gussin Paley Books
The Girl with the Brown Crayon: How Childen Use Stories to Shape Their Lives
As she enters her final year of teaching, [the author] tells in this book a story of her own farewell, as well as a story of the self-discovery of Reeny, a little girl with a fondness for the color...
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The Kindness of Children
Visiting a London nursery school, Vivian Paley observes the schoolchildren's reception of another visitor, a handicapped boy named Teddy who is strapped into a wheelchair, wearing a helmet, and bar...
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Kwanzaa and Me: A Teacher's Story
All these white schools I've been sent to are racist," Sonya says. "I'd have done better in a black school. I was an outsider here." These are hard words for Vivian Paley, whose own kindergarten wa...
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