Contents * Reclaiming Early Childhood Literacies Richard J. Meyer, University of New Mexico and Kathryn F. Whitmore, University of Louisville Pillar I: LEARNING Pillar Introduction Jerome Harste and Carolyn Burke, Indiana University * How young children really learn (Or 'doin' what comes naturally') Brian Cambourne, University of Wollongong Chapter Extension: TBA * What complex miscues tell us about kindergarteners' making sense of text Alan Flurkey, Hofstra University and David Schultz, Long Island University Chapter Extension: TBA * Refusing to reclaim kindergarten readiness Kathryn F. Whitmore, University of Louisville and Jane Andris, Kentucky Day School Chapter Extension: TBA * Toddlers and touchscreens: Young children learning concepts beyond print Karen Wohlwend, Indiana University Chapter Extension: TBA Pillar II: TEACHING Pillar Introduction Jerome Harste and Carolyn Burke, Indiana University * Reclaiming ecological literacy: Engaging our youngest learners in exploring nature M. Ruth Davenport, Oak Haven Preschool, Oregon Chapter Extension: TBA * Celebrating writing Nancy Shelton, University of Maryland-Baltimore County and Kristi Bowers Eybs, Baltimore City Public Schools Chapter Extension: Look what I can do: A home-based literacy portfolio project Jane Baskwill, Mount St. Vincent University * Infusing meaning and joy back into books: Reclaiming literacy in the treatment of young children with pervasive developmental disorder Jack S. Damico, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Chapter Extension: Interactive reading aloud to babies Michael L. Shaw, St. Thomas Aquinas College Pillar III: CURRICULUM Pillar Introduction Jerome Harste and Carolyn Burke, Indiana University * Reclaiming early literacies by learning about self and others through global literature and art Prisca Martens and Ray Martens, Towson University; Michelle Hassay Doyle, Laura Fuhrman, Christie Furnari, Elizabeth Soper, Robbie Stout, Pot Spring Elementary School; Jenna Loomis, Seventh District Elementary School Chapter Extension: Creating global understandings through play Kathy Short and Maria Acevedo, University of Arizona * Drawing children into reading S. Rebecca Leigh, Oakland University Chapter Extension: Discovery at the heart of learning Alan Koshewa, SAS China * When curriculum becomes sweatshop Kenneth S. Goodman and Yetta M. Goodman, University of Arizona, Emeritus Chapter Extension: TBA * No retention: Aligning complex theories of early literacy instruction and assessment Renita Schmidt, University of Iowa and Mary M. Jacobs, Cornell College Chapter Extension: TBA Pillar IV: LANGUAGE Pillar Introduction Jerome Harste and Carolyn Burke, Indiana University *"I got angry birds in my story": Multilingual writers at work Tasha Laman, University of Louisville with Lucy Jaimes, A.C. Moore Elementary School Chapter Extension: TBA * Maybe Henry Did It! Maybe Chester Did it!: Young Children (Re)Authoring Through the Language of Postmodern Picturebooks Lenny Sanchez and Angie Zapata, University of Missouri Chapter Extension: Bilingual pre-kindergarteners constructing the "critical" in book discussion Jeanne Fain, Lipscomb University * A first grade reader in two worlds: Home and school Koomi Kim, New Mexico State University and Richard Meyer, University of New Mexico Chapter Extension: Photographs that crack open narrow kindergarten writing practices Kathryn F. Whitmore, University of Louisville and Carla Wilson, Bullitt County Public Schools Pillar V: SOCIOCULTURAL CONTEXTS Pillar Introduction: Holy squirrel: A language story Jerome Harste and Carolyn Burke, Indiana University * Rhizomatic writing processes: Imagining new possibilities of writing process structures and components Candace Kuby, University of Missouri Chapter Extension: TBA * Islamic culture and writers workshop Amy Barnhill, University of Houston-Victoria Chapter Extension: Photographing kindergarteners' literate lives Charlene K. Endrizzi, Westminster University * Revaluing young, novice readers: Revaluing families Bobbie Kabuto, Queens College of CUNY Chapter Extension: TBA * Playing with goods: Situated intellectual work with young children Sarah Vander Zanden, Sohyun Meacham, and Jane Frost. University of Northern Iowa Chapter Extension: TBA (Concluding chapter) * Hope, power, vision, and the literacy lives of young children Richard J. Meyer and Kathryn F. Whitmore