Introduction / Jackie Marsh and Elaine Hallet
Learning to talk, talking to learn / Jim McDonagh and Sue McDonagh
Living in two worlds : the language and literacy development of young bilinguals / Naomi Flynn
White cars like mice with little legs : poetry in the early years / Liz Stone and Julia Gillen
Signs and symbols : children's engagement with environmental print / Elaine Hallet
Early reading development / Guy Merchant
Developing writing in the early years / Ann Browne
Multimodal literacies / Rosie Flewitt
Looking with a different eye : creativity and literacy in the earlly years / Kate Pahl
Play, drama and literacy in the early years / Julie Dunn
ICT and literacy / Tim Waller
Media literacy in the early years / Jackie Marsh
Family literacy : past and present / Viv Bird
Going fishing : observing, assessing and planning for literacy development in young children / Fran Paffard.