“…He and Brian read their book often, but Matt claimed the story and, interestingly, the other children called the book Matt's Story. Several authors have written about the dilemma of moving from vivid spoken language to the confined written structures and constraints children face by their own abilities (Bissex, 1980;DeFord and Harste, 1982;Graves, 1979Graves, , 1983King, 1980). From this unexpected event, it was apparent that the struggles, tensions and reassurances were necessary.…”