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Child's Play: Dorothy Howard and the Folklore of Australian Children
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Journal of American Folklore
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July 1, 2008
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Child's Play: Dorothy Howard and the Folklore of Australian Children. Eds. Kate Darian- Smith and June Factor. (Melbourne: Museum Victoria, 2005. Pp. vii + 231, 20 black-and-white photos, 33 illustrations, two appendices, bibliography.)
Child's Play: Dorothy Howard and the Folklore of Australian Children is a celebration of Howard, the pioneer of children's folklore study in Australia. Edited by historian Kate Darian- Smith and folklorist June Factor, the book consists of ten Howard articles and three contemporary essays contextualizing her work. These are written by Factor, Darian-Smith, and Brian Sutton-Smith, whom Howard first met when she visited New Zealand during her Fulbright tenure.
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