Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.

Pt. I. What children know about literacy. Effective young beginning readers / Debra Goodman, Alan Flurkey, and Yetta Goodman ; The literacy stories of Tang-Tang and Tien-Tien / Wen-Yun Lin ; Biliteracy as social practice in schooling : a bilingual first grader's journey in learning to read and write in L1 and L2 / Barbara M. Flores ; Eye movement and strategic reading / Koomi Kim, Marge Knox, and Joel Brown ; Letters and numbers in early literacy / Emilia Ferreiro -- Pt. II. Literacy learning in the classroom. Documenting critical literacy development in classrooms / Yetta Goodman ; Writing from a personal perspective : a story of two classrooms / Barbara Cohen and Danielle Welner ; Monolingual teachers fostering students' native literacies / David Schwarzer ; Nurturing reflective readers in primary grades through over the shoulder miscue analysis / M. Ruth Davenport and Carol Lauritzen ; Influences on retellings : learning from high and low retellers / Prisca Martens, Pat Wilson, and Poonam Arya ; Literacy "basics" in childhood spaces : a critical perspective on the "basics" / Anne Haas Dyson -- Pt. III. Literacy learning through home and school collaborations. Bridging the worlds of home and school : keeping children's identities whole in the classroom / Kathryn F. Whitmore ; No gain in blame : fostering collaborations between home and school / Heather Sample Gosse and Linda M. Phillips ; Invisible mediators of literacy : learning in multicultural communities / Susi Long ... [et al.] -- Pt. IV. Cultural and political perspectives on early literacy. Debates about cultural authenticity in literature for young children / Kathy G. Short and Dana L. Fox ; War and peas in the 21st century : young children responding critically to picture story texts / Janet Evans ; Learning to be culturally responsive : lessons from a beginning teacher / Richard J. Meyer ; Critical issues in early foreign language literacy instruction : Taiwan experience / Yueh-Nu Hung ; Re