[Andrea DeBruin-Parecki, Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_Contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3825&Name=Andrea+DeBruin-Parecki,Ph.D.)

Early Childhood

This book captures the best early literacy knowledge from highly respected leaders in the field and turns those key concepts into strategies to use now with diverse learners at different skill levels.

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Finally—one concise book to show educators which early literacy research really warrants attention, why it's so important, and how to help young children learn to read in real classrooms. This volume captures the best early literacy knowledge from highly respected leaders in the field and turns those key concepts into strategies to use now with diverse learners at different skill levels. Education professionals will get the latest research on these hot topics:

- classroom environment
- environmental print
- English language learners
- comprehension
- invented spelling
- shared storybook reading
- assessment of early literacy skills
- the home connection
- Early Reading First

With real classrooms in mind, the contributors match actual teaching experiences to the research in every chapter. Teachers will enjoy having the detailed vignettes, sample activities, and helpful guidelines and ideas for creating rich classroom environments conducive to learning. With the strategies outlined, educators will effectively teach young children the individual literacy skills they need, show them how to put the skills together to solve the puzzle of reading, and keep them motivated to learn.

## Reviews

Angela Notari-Syverson, Washington Research Institute \- October 5, 2007

"Effective literacy practices come to life with this engaging book full of practical, research-based ideas."

Diane Haager, Professor, California State University, Los Angeles \- September 13, 2007

"Provides an important link between research and practice . . . demonstrate[s] effective practices in action and give[s] a developmental perspective on the beginning stages of literacy."

Laura Justice, Professor, College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University, Editor, EBP Briefs  \- September 10, 2007

"An important, timely, and accessible text on emergent literacy development and the contexts that support young children’s earliest literacy accomplishments."

Author: [Andrea DeBruin-Parecki Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3825&Name=Andrea+DeBruin-Parecki+Ph.D.)Foreword Author: [Susan B. Neuman Ed.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=2260&Name=Susan+B.+Neuman+Ed.D.)Chapter Authors: [Patricia Edwards Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3868&Name=Patricia+Edwards+Ph.D.), [Billie Enz Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3869&Name=Billie+Enz+Ph.D.), [Linda M. Espinosa Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=2240&Name=Linda+M.+Espinosa+Ph.D.), [Cynthia P. Gehrie Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3870&Name=Cynthia+P.+Gehrie+Ph.D.), [Maureen Gerard Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3871&Name=Maureen+Gerard+Ph.D.), [Myae Han Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3872&Name=Myae+Han+Ph.D.), [Elizabeth Landerholm](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3873&Name=Elizabeth+Landerholm), [Miriam Martinez Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3874&Name=Miriam+Martinez+Ph.D.), [Lea M. McGee](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3875&Name=Lea+M.+McGee), [Gwendolyn Thompson McMillon Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3876&Name=Gwendolyn+Thompson+McMillon+Ph.D.), [Lesley Mandel Morrow Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3877&Name=Lesley+Mandel+Morrow+Ph.D.), [Alison H. Paris Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3878&Name=Alison+H.+Paris+Ph.D.), [Scott Paris Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3879&Name=Scott+Paris+Ph.D.), [Jennifer Prior Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3880&Name=Jennifer+Prior+Ph.D.), [Donald Richgels Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3881&Name=Donald+Richgels+Ph.D.), [Roseann Rinear](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3882&Name=Roseann+Rinear), [William Teal Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3883&Name=William+Teal+Ph.D.), [Georgina Valverde M.F.A.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3884&Name=Georgina+Valverde+M.F.A.), [Junko Yokota Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3885&Name=Junko+Yokota+Ph.D.)

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