<p><em>Children's Play, Pretence, and Story </em>explores how storytelling and pretence interconnect, diverge, and influence each other in the course of development—both in neurotypical children and in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This is the first collection to integrate these topics within a single volume and highlight how they are also mutually informative. Featuring contributions from an impressive mix of international play experts and thoroughly interdisciplinary in scope,<i></i>this collection is of value to researchers and advanced students of developmental psychology, early childhood education, and psycholinguistics.</p>