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INDEX TO THE  
CHILDREN'S FOLKLORE REVIEW  

1978-1997, VOLUME 1.1 THROUGH 19.2 
Kathryn S. Fladenmuller 

Articles 

Arleo, Andy. "Strategy in Counting-Out: Evidence from Saint-Nazaire, 
France." 14.1 (1991): 25-29. An examination of French counting-out 
techniques and how these contribute to cross-cultural studies in 
children's folklore. 

Beresin, Ann Richman. "'Sui' Generis: Mock Violence in an Urban School 
Yard." 18.2 (1996): 25-35. The non-violent violent handball game of 
"Suicide" is examined in detail in this paper, and it will be argued that 
the hybridity of the game reflects its paradoxical status as mixed genre 
and unique culture marker. 

Branigan, Michelle. "Blocks and Matchboxes: Negotiation of a Shared 
Reality Between Two Siblings." 16.1 (1993): 3-31. Examines an 
episode of play between children, observing the statics and dynamics of 
their interaction. 

Bronner, Simon. "Expressing and Creating Ourselves in Childhood: A 
Commentary." 15.1 (1992): 47-59. General thoughts on the evolution of 
the study of children's folklore and reviews of narrative articles in the 
same issue (15.1). 

Carnes, Pack. "Arnold Lobel's Fables and Traditional Fable Features." 15.2 
(1993): 3-19. Investigates what role traditional elements in Lobel's 
Fables play in the relationship between folklore and a literary text. 

Carpenter, Carole H. "Developing an Appreciation for the Cultural 
Significance of Childlore." 17.1 (1994): 19-29. A study of how childlore 
contributes to "the development and expression of individual, group and 
national identity." 

Chinery, David. "Snooping for Snipes: America's Favorite Wild Goose 
Chase." 10.1 (1987): 3-4, 10.2 (1987): 3-4. Variations of the snipe hunt 
and conjectures about the continuance of the tradition. 

Cox, Cynthia Anne. '''Postmodern Fairy Tales' in Contemporary Children's 
Literature." 16.2 (1994): 13-19. Explores postmodern elements in new 
fairy tales-denial of order, antiheroes, the lack of control over human 
experience and perception, and subjectiv- 

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ism. 
Davey, Gwenda Beed. "'What's for Dinner?' 'Duck Under the Table': 

Traditional Verbal Sayings Addressed to Children by Adults." 19.1 
(1996): 13-18. A study of folklore for children: how adults convey their 
folklore about children in "family sayings." 

Freed, Shaari. "Spooky Activities and Group Loyalty." 16.1 (1993): 33-39. 
Asserts that intimacy among friends is increased by participation in 
supernatural beliefs and practices. 

Friel, Tara. "'Once Upon a Time' to 'Happily Ever After': The Development 
of Children's Narrative Skil1." 18.1 (1995): 352. An analysis of the 
process by which children learn and develop the ability to tell stories. 

Grider, Sylvia Anne. "Howard, Dorothy: Pioneer Collector of Children's 
Folklore." 17.1 (1994): 3-17. Some notes on the life and achievements 
of Dorothy Howard. 

Groth, Susan Charles T. "'Here We Sit Like Birds in the Wilderness Waiting for 
Our Dessert': The Girl Scout Program and Ordering Space in Camp 
Sacajawea's Dining Hall/Main House." 19.2 (1997): 3-30. Underlines the 
presence of themes of "domesticity: and "playing Indian"  in Girl Scout 
Camping, and how a dining hall chant exhibits these themes. 

Haut, Judith. "'I Believe in Santa Claus, But I Know He's not Real': The 
Role of Ambivalence in Belief." 13.2 (1991): 3-12. How uncertainty 
and degrees of possibility play into distinguishing knowledge from 
beliefs. 

______. "'I Know a Story About That': One Young Child's Use and 
Understanding of Narrating." 15.1 (1992): 33-46. A case study 
examining a child's development of voice and skill in narration. 

______. "Of Related Interest: Children's Music." 14.2 (1992): 23-27. 
 Reviews of various children's music collections. 
Hurlston, Nicola. "Who's the Boss? A Study of Power-Defining Folklore 

Among Children." 13.1 (1990): 10-16. An analysis of power struggles 
among young children observed at play in a college daycare program. 

Johnson, Sharon Peregrine. '''The Hare and the Tortoise Race' Eleven 
Variations." 18.2 (1996): 3-24. Compares eleven different printed 
versions of the traditional story, discusses its origins and structure, and 
provides a great deal of comparative analysis. 

Lapp, Dean M. "A Systematic Investigation of Jump Rope Rhymes: 
Computer Applications for Field Collected Cultural Materia1." 11.1 
(1988): 3-5, 6. Relates children's psychological development with the 
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 jump rope rhymes. 
Lenz, Millicent. "Mythologizing Chief Seattle: Susan Jeffers' 
 Brother Eagle, Sister Sky or How to Make a Myth in Ten Easy 

Steps." 19.1 (1996): 3-11. An inquiry into the responsibility of writers to 
accurately transmit myths without enhancing them. 

Lonnqvist, Bo. "The Concept 'Toy' and Cultural Research." 14.1 (1991): 31-
38. A study of how adults' conception of children's reality is reflected in 
mass-produced toys, and how actual child culture has been relatively 
ignored. 

McGonnagill, Laurie. "Preschool Protolore." 16.1 (1993): 41-47. The 
immature social and cognitive skills of young children explain their 
brand of prototypical folklore which imitates more developed formulas 
of folklore. 

Meley, Patricia M. "Adolescent Legend Trips as Teenage Cultural Response: A 
Study of Lore in Context." 14.1 (1991): 524. Results from a group study of 
the "legend trips" of adolescents examined in light of recent scholarship on 
the subject. 

______. "Paper Power: A Search for Meaning in the Folded Paper Toys of 
Pre-Adolescents./I 11.2 (1989): 3-5. The making and sharing of paper 
toys among children illustrates a need for them to create identities apart 
from adult culture. 

Ord, Priscilla. "'Curiouser and Curiouser!': Narration and Mimicry in 
Literature About and For Children."15.1 (1992): 5-16. A consideration 
of the ability of children to narrate, mimic and reenact, illustrated in 
characterizations of children and in children's stories. 

Perry, Evelyn M. "The Ever-Vigilant Hero: Revaluing the Tale of Tam 
Lin." 19.2 (1997): 31-49. A description of "current devaluations of folk 
literature" through close reading of the original text and evaluation of 
variations on that text for different audiences. 

Riley, Linda. "Extremes: How Girls Play Slaughter, How Boys Play 
Slaughter at Valley Oak Elementary." 13.1 (1990): 1016. Variations on 
the game's rules indicate shared group meaning for each gender-
distinct team. 

Rush, Judith L. "Twin Pranks and Practical Jokes." 10.3 (1987): 3-6. 
Suggests that twins' pranks afford them the opportunity to establish 
individuality and to distinguish their personalities. 

Samuelson, Sue. "A Review of the Distinctive Genres of Adolescent 
Folklore." 17.2 (1995): 13-31. Adolescents create their own distinct 
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 hood to adulthood. Edited and introduced by Simon J. Bronner. 
Stone, Kay. "Child as Story-Maker." 16.2 (1994): 3-11. An obser vation of a  
       child creating stories, and a consideration of the relationship between  
       researcher and subject. 
Sullivan, C.W. III "Baloney and Peanuts: Politics Among Grade Schoolers." 

1.2 (1977): 4. An examination of a children's rhyme which equates 
Jimmy Carter with foolishness and insignificance, and how much 
children grasp the political content of their song. 

______. "Folktales, Ballads and High Fantasy: An Excerpt from Research in 
Progress." 5.1 (1982): 2,4. Use of myths and fairy tales as sources and 
structures for works of modern fantasy. 

______. "Knowing What Children Believe: Believing What Children Know." 
19.1 (1996):19-24. An examination of the separation between child and 
adult culture and how this is significant to 
folklore studies. 

______. "Learning the Structure of Traditional Narrative." 15.1 (1992): 17-
23. Asserts that in experiencing folklore, we learn the structure of 
traditional narrative that we carry to all other aspects of life. 

Sutton-Smith, Brian. "Tradition from the Perspective of Children's Games." 
14.2 (1992): 3-16. A colonial commentary on the history of games. 

Tillery, Randal K. "Folklore and Children's Worlds: Nature, Place, and 
Belonging in a Romantic Key." 17.2 (1995): 3-11. Examines the 
traditional perceptions of frontier experience which make up much of the 
"lore" of summer camp organizations. 

Tucker, Elizabeth. '''Text, Lies and Videotape': Can Oral Tales Survive?" 
Argues that children's creativity remains fecund despite the innundation 
of video-produced stories. 

Tuleja, Tad. "The Tooth Fairy: Perspectives on Money and 
 Magic." 13.2 (1991): 13-22. Examines the origin of tooth fairy
 folklore and the integration of the this into modern culture and 
 traditions. 
Watson, Laura. "The Nature Lore of Children: Functions and Variations."  
       16.1 (1993): 49-60. An examination of various  instances of children's             
       lore involving nature, and how these  function for children's greater  
       grasp and acceptance of the world surrounding them. 
Wein, Elizabeth. "Show Biz: Performance and Text in the Children's Show." 

13.2 (1991): 23-28. Implications of how children's "shows" evolve from 
improvisation to written, rehearsed performances. 

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Newell Prize Winners 

1983 "A Systematic Investigation of Jump Rope Rhymes: Computer 
Applications for Field Collected Cultural Material" by Dean Lapp of 
Penn State. 

1984 "Giving and Giving it Up: The Social and Emotional Economics of 
Male Adolescents at Boys' Home" by Robert Horan of University of 
Pennsylvania. 

1985 "The False Knight Upon a Road: A New Appraisal" by John Minton of  
           University of Texas, Austin. 
1986 "So Sing and We'll Carry it On" by Laura K. Simmons of University of  
          California at Davis. 
1987 "Twin Pranks and Practical Jokes" by Judith L. Rush of 
 Penn State. 
1988 "Paper Power: A Search for Meaning in the Folded Paper  Toys of Pre- 
          Adolescents" by Patricia M. Meley of Penn State. 
1989 "Who's the Boss? A Study of Power-Defining Folklore Among  
          Children" by Nicola Hurlston of University ofCalifornia, Davis. (tie) 
1989 "Extremes: How Girls Play Slaughter, How Boys Play Slaughter at  
          Valley Oak Elementary" by Linda Riley of  University of California,  
          Davis. (tie) 
1991 "Adolescent Legend Trips as Teenage Cultural Response:  A Study of  
           Lore in Context" by Patricia Meley of Penn State. 
1992 "Blocks and Matchboxes: Negotiations of a Shared Reality" by  
           Michelle Braningan of Indiana University. 
1994 "'Once Upon a Time' to 'Happily Ever After': The Development of  
            Children's Narrative Skill" by Tara Friel of Trinity College. 
1995 '''The Hare and the Tortoise' Eleven Variations" by Sharon 
 Peregrine Johnson. 
1996 '''Here We Sit Like Birds in the Wilderness Waiting for our Dessert': 

The Girl Scout Program and Ordering Space in Camp Sacajawea's 
Dining Hall/Main House" by Susan Charles T. Groth of University of 
Pennsylvania. 

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Book Reviews 

"All in Together, Girls: Skipping Songs from Regina, Saskatchewan 
by Robert Cosbey." 13.2 (1991): 33-34.  

"All Our Noses Are Here by Alvin Schwartz." 8.1 (1986): 6.  
"Busy Buzzing Bumblebees and Other Tongue Twisters by Alvin 
 Schwartz." 5.2 (1983):4. 
"Captain Cook Chased a Chook: Children's Folklore in Australia by 

June Factor." 11.2 (1989): 2,6.  
"Children's Humor by Sandra McCosh." 4.2 (1982): 4. 
"Children's Literature of the Renaissance by Warren Wooden." 
 13.1 (1991): 25-26. 
"Children's Literature: Volume 10 ed. by Francelia Butler." 5.1 

(1983): 4.  
"The Classic Fairy Tales by Iona and Peter Opie." 4.3 (1983): 5.  
"Counting-Out Rhymes: A Dictionary by Roger D. Abrahams and 

Lois Rankin." 3.3 (1982): 4.  
"Growing Up on the Playground by Andy Slukin." 4.3 (1983): 5-6.  
"More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz." 8.1 
 (1986): 6. 
"Oxford Children's Encyclopedia edited by Mary Worrall." 15.2 
 (1993): 27-28. 
"Reynard the Fox by Rachel Anderson and David Bradby; The Curse of the 

Ring and The Doom of the Gods by Michael Harrison; and The Island of 
the Mighty by Hayden Middleton." 12.1 (1990): 6. 

"The Skit Book: 101 Skits from Kids by Margaret MacDonald." 14.2 
 (1992): 21-22. 
"Someone Saw a Spider: Spider Facts and Folktales by Shirley Climo." 
 8.3 (1987): 4. 
"Storyteller's Sourcebook: A Subject, Title, and Motif Index to Folk- 
 lore Collections for Children by Margaret MacDonald." 5.3 

(1984): 4.  
"There is a Carrot in My Ear by Alvin Schwartz." 5.2 (1983): 4.  
"The Truth About Santa Claus by James Cross Giblin." 8.3 (1987): 
 4. 
"Unriddling: All Sorts of Riddles to Puzzle Your Guessery by Alvin 
 Schwartz." 8.1 (1986): 6. 
"World Folktales by Atelia Clarkeson and Gilbert Cross." 2.2 
 (1979): 4. 

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1988 
1989 
1990 
1991 
1992 
1993 
1994 
1995 
1996 

1.2 (1979): 1. 
2.2 (1980): 1-2. 
3.2 (1981): 2.  
4.3 (1982): 2. 
5.3 (1983): 2-3.  

  6.3 (1984): 2-3. 
  7.3 (1985): 2-4 
  8.3 (1986): 2. 
  9.3 (1987): 2. 
10.3 (1988): 2, 8. 
11.2 (1989): 2-3. 
12.2 (1990): 3. 
13.2 (1991): 29-32. 
14.2 (1992): 17-20. 
15.2 (1993): 21-25. 
16.2 (1994): 20-23. 
17.2 (1995): 35-38. 
18.2 (1996): 36-38. 
19.2 (1997): 51-54. 

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