of her books contains one driving theme. For example, You Can’t Say You Can’t Play focuses on the desire of some students to exclude others during classroom playtime. Paley imposed a rule that children could not exclude other children from play, and discusses the importance of fairness in the classroom. In her books White Teacher and Kwanzaa and Me, Paley explores issues of multiculturalism within the classroom. In particular, she reflects on her own experiences as a white teacher of children of color and analyzes how she can best support and promote a racially diverse classroom. Many educators believe that Paley's biggest legacy is in the area of storytelling and fantasy play, which she directly addresses in her books A Child’s Work: The Importance of Fantasy Play, The Boy Who Would Be a Helicopter, Bad Guys Don’t Have Birthdays: Fantasy Play at Four. Paley argues in these and other works that storytelling and fantasy play can significantly impact a child's academic and social growth. They help young children make sense of the world around them, adapt to the classroom, develop language, and collaborate with peers. Some critics of the federal No Child Left Behind Act point to Paley's research as evidence that learning and developing can take place using storytelling and other means, which should be used in lieu of, or in addition to, the NCLB-mandated direct instruction and teacher-led activities. Vivian Gussin Paley was patron to MakeBelieve Arts. MakeBelieve Arts have an Early Years strand which is dedicated to Paleys work called Helicopter Stories: Letting Imagination Fly. This grew out of Vivian Gussin Paley's book The Boy Who Would Be a Helicopter (published 1990 Harvard University Press). After studying Vivian's work and visiting her in America, artistic director, Trisha Lee began pioneering the approach in the UK. Published works White Teacher (1979). 2009, Second Edition, with a New Preface, Wally's Stories (1981) Mollie is Three: Growing Up in School (1988) Bad Guys Don't Have Birthdays: Fantasy Play at Four (1988) The Boy Who Would Be A Helicopter (1991) You Can't Say You Can't Play (1993) Kwanzaa and Me: A Teacher's Story (1995) The Girl With the Brown Crayon (1997) The Kindness of Children (1999) In Mrs. Tully's Room: A Child-Care Portrait (2001) A Child's Work: The Importance of Fantasy Play (2004) The Boy on the Beach: Building Community through Play (2010) Boys and Girls: Superheroes in the Doll Corner