These American authors provide insights and practical advice for introducing dramatic play as part of everyday practice. They emphasise that young children need opportunities to be involved in dramatic play which they create and control, as a precursor to story dramatisation which uses other people's storylines and symbols.
In lively style the book outlines how once children have learned a story through re-tellings and have a grasp of the plot and characters, the idea of acting it out can be introduced.
In the chapter, 'Getting ready for story dramatisation', there is a guide to using the story The Three Billy Goats Gruff, which is contained at the back of the book.
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