This concise, accessible book explores the connection between language acquisition and emergent literacy skills, and how this sets the stage for later literacy

This is the first international and interdisciplinary handbook to offer a comprehensive and an in-depth overview of findings from contemporary research, theory,

An essential resource for educators, speech-language pathologists, and parents--and an ideal text for courses that cover literacy and significant disabilities--

The National Assessment of Educational Progress reveals that 37 percent of U.S. fourth graders fail to achieve basic levels of reading achievement. In 1997, the

The newborn is amazingly equipped to acquire language and literacy'these early years are the foundation upon which later learning is built. Drawing on current r