"In a book as creative and inventive as his subject matter, Paul
Harris leads us on an intriguing journey into the world of, and the
work of, the imagination...he shows us how thoroughly the mundane,
the imaginative, and the magical intermingle, in childhood and
adulthood, to form the very nature of human cognition."
Henry M.
Wellman, University of Michigan.
"Paul Harris's intriguing and lucid book summarizes twenty years
of empirical research." Alison Gopnik, Science, April
2001
"A fascinating, accessible and extremely well-researched
introduction to how much evolutionary psychologists have learnt
over the past few years about this unique ability." Infancia y
Aprendizaje, vol 24(2), 2001.
"Ground-breaking...this book is quickly becoming required
reading for all students of cognitive development and will have an
important impact on the field". Social Development
"An extraordinarily comprehensive and informative book" Tamar
Szabo Gendler, Mind, Vol. 3, Apr. 2002
"This is a highly interesting, nontechnical, easy to read book
on children's imagination and related topics by one of Great
Britain's most distinguished developmental psychologist." John
H. Flavell. Department of Psychology, Stanford
University.
"In a series of ingenious experiments, Paul Harris leads
the reader to discoveries and conclusions which are quite
extraordinary. The book [has] value and originality." Eugene
Subbostsky, Lancaster University
"It is a great topic; some of the ideas and materials are very
novel and should create a lot of interest. For example, the chapter
and ideas on emotion and pretence, and the discussion of functional
issues. The chapters are very smoothly and readably written -
fascinating>" Judy Dunn, Institute of Psychiatry, University
of London.
"The chapters read very smoothly and well. The writing is clear,
there is lots of interesting experimental material and theoretical
ideas, always well presented." Peter Carruthers, University of
Sheffield.