Bridges to literacy: children, families, and schools

Chapter 1: Talking and Listening that Support the Early Literacy Development of Children from Low-Income Families: Diane E. Beals, Jeanne M. DeTemple and David K. Dickinson (Washington University, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Clark University). Chapter 2: The Effect of Story-Reading on the Language Development of Disadvantaged Pre-kindergarten and Kindergarten Students: Nancy Karweit (The Johns Hopkins University). Chapter 3: I Got to Get Him Started Out Right: Promoting Literacy by Beginning with Books: Elizabeth Segel (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh). Chapter 4: The Making of Readers: The Work of Professor Dina Feitelson: Joseph Shimron (University of Haifa). Chapter 5: Accelerating Language Development Through Picture-Book Reading: A Summary of Dialogic Reading and its Effects: David S. Arnold and Grover J. Whitehurst (State University of New York at Stony Brook). Chapter 6: Fostering Children's Early Literacy Development Through Parent Involvement: A Five-Year Programme: Derek Toomey and Judith Sloane (La Trobe University, Melbourne). Chapter 7: Family Reading: Still Got It Adults as Learners, Literacy Resources and Actors in the World: Ruth D. Handel and Ellen Goldsmith (Montclair State College and New York City Technical College). Chapter 8: Responses of Teachers and African-American Mothers to a Book-Reading Intervention Programme: Patricia A. Edwards (Michigan State University). Chapter 9: Collaborations: A Key to Success in Family Literacy Programmes: Ruth S. Nickse and Shelley Quezada (Nickse Associates and Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners). Chapter 10: Evaluating Family Literacy Programmes: Tales From the Field: Katherine E. Ryan, Suzanne Knell and Barbara Geissler (University of Illinois, Illinois Resource Development Center and Illinois Literacy Resource Development Center). Chapter 11: Enhancing Literacy Development: Programmes and Research Perspectives: Catherine E. Snow (Harvard Graduate School of Education). Chapter 12: Implications for Family Literacy Programs: Sharon Darling, Susan Paul (National Center for Family Literacy). Chapter 13: Epilogue: What Next?: David K. Dickinson (Clark University).