Michael Armstrong teaches classes in narrative and in the growth of imagination at the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College Vermont, USA. For twenty years he was headteacher of Harwell Primary School, Oxfordshire, England. For the past seven years he has been working with teachers in the Bread Loaf Teacher Network in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA. He is the author of two books about children’s thought and action, "Closely Observed Children" (1981) and "Children Writing Stories" (2006). He lives in England. "What Children Know" and "Home + City" were designed and produced by Julie Bernson, Curator of Education, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA.