In this work, a developmental psychologist examines the methods and meanings of children's narratives. Engel explores: the different functions of the storytelling process; the way the storytelling... This description may be from another edition of this product.
I disagree with the reviewer who said the writing was choppy and difficult to follow... I am 16 years old and have read the book twice, just for fun. I'm not super interested in psychology, but as a lover of children and languages the book fascinated me. I saw it in my town's public library, picked it up, and read it nonstop. I learned a lot from it, and it was pretty enthralling with maybe a couple of hard-to-understand places.
Incredible insight
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The Stories Children Tell is a great piece of work that brings our ideas about children and the world together with sophisticated but accessible psychological themes.
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