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KRT LIFESTYLE STORY SLUGGED: FAM-PLAYLEARN KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY ALEX GARCIA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE (November 23) Vivian Paley is kindergarten teacher, former MacArthur genius grant winner, and prolific author, whose latest book, "A Child's Work: The Importance of Fantasy Play," lays out her case that play is critically at risk in the lives of young children in America. Here she is surrounded by children at the kindergarten classroom at the Bret Harte Elementary School, a public school, in Hyde Park, Illinois. (nk) 2004 (Diversity)