{"product_id":"under-deadmans-skin-jane-katch-9780807031292","title":"Under Deadman's Skin: Discovering the Meaning of Children's Violent Play","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe five-and six-year-olds in my class have invented a new game they call suicide. I have never seen a game I hate so much in which all the children involved are so happy.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo begins \u003ci\u003eUnder Deadman's Skin\u003c\/i\u003e, a deceptively simple-and compellingly readable-teachers' tale. Jane Katch, in the tradition of Vivian Paley and Jonathan Kozol, uses her student's own vocabulary and storytelling to set the scene: a class of five-and six-year-olds obsessed with what is to their teacher hatefully violent fantasy play. Katch asks, 'Can I make a place in school for understanding these fantasies, instead of shutting them out?' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the course of the year she holds group discussions to determine what kind of play creates or calms turmoil; she illustrates (or rather the children illustrate) the phenomenon of very young children needing to make sense of exceptionally violent imagery; and she consults with older grade-school boys who remember what it was like to be obsessed by violence and tell Katch what she can do to help. Katch's classroom journey-one that leads her to rules and limits that keep children secure-is an enabling blueprint for any teacher or parent disturbed by violent children's play.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Katch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807031291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807031292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 4.93w x 0.34d","brand":"Jane Katch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926283026687,"sku":"9780807031292","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d0bd3244-bdf0-46de-baab-5299bd46a60b.jpg?v=1681082209","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/under-deadmans-skin-jane-katch-9780807031292","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}