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Table of Contents

Foreword by James Moffett
The Emerging Field of Children's Literacy
The Conditions that Support Emergent Literacy by David F. Lancy
Early Literacy from a Developmental Perspective by A.D. Pellegrini and Lee Galda
Not By Print Alone: Oral Language Supports for Early Literacy Development by David K. Dickinson and Diane E. Beals
Nonliterate Homes and Emergent Literacy by Victoria Purcell-Gates
Parent's Interactions with Beginning Readers by Christi Bergin, David F. Lancy, and Kelly D. Draper
Helping Parents Help Their Children: Early Language Stimulation in the Child's Home by Ann-Katrin Svensson
A Microgenetic Study of Cognitive Reorganization during the Transition to Conventional Literacy by George Kamberelis and Michelle Perry
The Design of Early Literacy Environments
Stimulating/Simulating Environments that Support Emergent Literacy by David F. Lancy and Susan Talley
Too Little, Too Late: A Case Study of "Running Start" by David F. Lancy and Ann Burke-Zupsic
Discriminating between the Disadvantaged: Adjusting to Family Differences by Derek Toomey and Judith Sloane
Parents and Children Sharing Literacy by Jeanne R. Paratore
The Even Start Initiative by Ruth Wilson and Jackie Aldridge
It Takes a Whole Village to Raise a Child: Supplementing Instruction for "At Risk" Kindergarten Students by Eileen M. Carr
Play Settings as Literacy Environments: Their Effects on Children's Literacy Behaviors by Kathy Roskos and Susan Neuman
"Goin' to Grandma's House": Using Instructional Conversation to Promote Literacy and Reduce Resistance in Minority Children by Lynne M. Hudson, Carolyn F. Chryst, and Dianna Reamsnyder
Three Different Early Literacy Programs and Their Effect on Inner-City Kindergartners' Emerging Sense of Story by Lynne Putnam
Reading Recovery: Teaching through Conversation by Patricia R. Kelly, Adria Klein, and Gay Su Pinnel
Designing a Collaborative Model of Family Involvement in Literacy: Researchers, Teachers, and Parents Work Together by Patricia A. Edwards, Kathleen L. Fear, and Deborah L. Harris
Bibliography

About the Author

DAVID F. LANCY is Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology at Utah State University. Among his earlier publications is Cross-Cultural Studies in Cognition and Mathematics.

Reviews

?An honest and interesting attempt to portray the strengths and possible weaknesses of emergent literacy.?-Early Development and Parenting

?Grounded in social, cultural, and cognitive theories about literacy, Lancy's edited volume is a significant contribution to the dynamic field of emergent literacy. Highly recommended for graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals/practitioners.?-Choice

?This book is scholarly, yet reasonably easy for the practitioner to read and understand. It contains a wealth of valuable information which relate to both theory and practice.?-Contemporary Education

"An honest and interesting attempt to portray the strengths and possible weaknesses of emergent literacy."-Early Development and Parenting

"This book is scholarly, yet reasonably easy for the practitioner to read and understand. It contains a wealth of valuable information which relate to both theory and practice."-Contemporary Education

"Grounded in social, cultural, and cognitive theories about literacy, Lancy's edited volume is a significant contribution to the dynamic field of emergent literacy. Highly recommended for graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals/practitioners."-Choice