'The Boy Who Would Be A Helicopter'

Gussin Paley, V. (1990) The Boy Who Would Be A Helicopter: The Uses of Storytelling in the Classroom LONDON; Harvard University Press


Excellent in-depth look at a storytelling project in a KS1 classroom.

Detailed accounts of each child and their relationship with storytelling
Good details on teacher and assistant persepctives
Specific strategy on storytelling
Language use - specifically documented
Good for translation of meaning - 'what do they mean when they say this'