Vivian Paley presents a moving personal account of her experiences teaching kindergarten in an integrated school within a predominantly white, middle-class neighborhood. In a new preface, she reflects on the way that even simple terminology can convey unintended meanings and show a speaker's blind spots. She also vividly describes what her readers have taught her over the years about herself as a "white teacher."

Author Photo: Stephen Green

Vivian Gussin Paley, a former kindergarten teacher, is the winner of a MacArthur Award and of the 1998 American Book Award for Lifetime Achievement given by the Before Columbus Foundation.

Read More by Vivian Gussin Paley:

• The Kindness of Children
• The Girl with the Brown Crayon
• The Boy Who Would Be a Helicopter
• Kwanzaa and Me: A Teacher's Story
• Wally's Stories
• You Can't Say You Can't Play
• In Mrs. Tully's Room: A Childcare Portrait