About Hugh Crago
Hugh Crago is an independent scholar and practicing psychotherapist who has also taught literature, life-span human development, and counseling at several universities in Australia. He is the author of eight books, including Prelude to Literacy (1983; with Maureen Crago) and Entranced by Story (2014). In preparation are The Landscape of Wonder and Self and Story in the Preschool Years.
Almost all of us recognize a story when we encounter one, but often we are hard-pressed to spell out exactly what a story is. It seems too simple, too childlike perhaps, to bother with in a scholarly context. We all use the word, but we do not ask what (if anything) it really stands for.