The evolution of child art. Representational art and early models -- Child art blossoms -- The socio-cultural milieu -- Play: a wellspring of the imagination. Antecedents and the emergence of pretense behavior -- Symbolic play -- Make-believe play flourishes -- The socio-cultural milieu -- Play therapy -- The school-age child and beyond -- Between fantasy and fiction. Dreams -- Daydreaming or waking fantasy -- Story telling -- Fairytales -- Magic -- Epilogue
"This book charts the imaginative development of children, conveying the importance of art making, pretense play, and fantasy in early childhood years, and highlighting the potential that imaginative behaviors hold for cognitive, affective, and aesthetic development."--[book cover]
