Donna M. Lanclos writes about children on the school playgrounds of working-class Belfast, Northern Ireland, using their own words to show how they shape their social identities. The notion that children's voices and perspectives must be included in a work about children is central to the book. Lanclos explores children's folklore, including skipping rhymes, clapping games and dirty jokes, from five Belfast primary schools (two Protestant, two Catholic, one mixed). She listens for what she can learn about gender, family, adult-child interactions, and Protestant/Catholic tensions. Lanclos...