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Bio

(1929-2019) Teacher, author. Vivian Paley was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Crozet, Virginia.

Full Name

Vivian Gussin Paley

Locations

Nassau

Author's Timeline


1929

BIRTH

Vivian Roslyn Gussin was born in Chicago, Illinois, on January 25, 1929.

1965

OTHER

Ms. Paley earned a master's of science degree in education from Hofstra University on Long Island in Hempstead, New York, in 1965.

1971

OTHER

Ms. Paley taught at the Great Neck public schools until 1971 before moving back to Chicago.

1979

LITWORK

White Teacher
Harvard University Press
0674951859 / 978-0674951853
Nonfiction.

1981

LITWORK

Wally's Stories
Harvard University Press

Nonfiction.

1984

LITWORK

Boys and Girls: Superheroes in the Doll Corner
University of Chicago Press
0226644901 / 978-0226644905
Nonfiction.

1990

LITWORK

The Boy Who Would Be a Helicopter: The Uses of Storytelling in the Classroom
Harvard University Press
0674080300 / 978-0674080300
Nonfiction.

1992

LITWORK

You Can't Say You Can't Play
Harvard University Press
0674965892 / 978-0674965898
Nonfiction.

1995

LITWORK

Kwanzaa and Me
Harvard University Press
0674505859 / 978-0674505858
Nonfiction.

1997

LITWORK

The Girl With the Brown Crayon
Harvard University Press
0674354397 / 978-0674354395
Nonfiction.

2001

LITWORK

In Mrs. Tully's Room: A Childcare Portrait
Harvard University Press
0674006321 / 978-0674006324
Nonfiction.

2004

LITWORK

A Child's Work: The Importance of Fantasy Play
University of Chicago Press
0226644871 / 978-0226644875
Nonfiction.

2010

LITWORK

The Boy on the Beach: Building Community Through Play
University of Chicago Press
0226645037 / 978-0226645032
Nonfiction.

2019

DEATH

Vivian Paley died at an assisted living facility in Crozet, Virginia, on July 26, 2019.

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