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Bryce-Clegg A, Continuous Provision in the Early Years: How to Plan Provision to Make a Positive Impact on Children’s Learning (Featherstone 2013)
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Lee T, Princesses, Dragons and Helicopter Stories: Storytelling and Story Acting in the Early Years (Routledge 2016)
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Wild M and others, Themes and Debates in Early Childhood, Early years series ([New ed.], Learning Matters 2013) <https://oxfordbrookes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://www.vlebooks.com/vleweb/product/openreader?id=OxfBrookes&isbn=9781446274668&uid=^u>