How do you make a bear look like a butterfly? Exploring the Metropolitan Opera's production of Mozart's Magic flute with a group of preschool children

Australian Journal of Early Childhood

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-34

  Nyland, Berenice ^a   Deans, Jan ^b   Acker, Aleksandra ^a   Ferris, Jill ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 84878398024     PISSN: 03125033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/183693911303800106     Document Type: Article

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