Children Out of Bounds: The Power of Case Studies in Expanding Visions of Literacy Development

“You’re not supposed to leave the underworld,” screams Liliana (alias Venus) at Sammy (alias Pluto). The third graders are playing Greek gods. They have named the boundaries of the relevant worlds, and Sammy is clearly out of bounds. He is supposed to be on the sand by the climbing structure, not on the grass by the fence.