Contents: V. Purcell-Gates, Foreword. Preface. M. Kendrick, T. Rogers, S. Smythe, J. Anderson, Portraits of Literacy Across Families, Communities, and Schools: An Introduction. Part I: Family Literacies.E. Gregory, Guiding Lights: Siblings as Literacy Teachers in a Multilingual Community. T.H. Cairney, Literacy Diversity: Understanding and Responding to the Textual Tapestries of Home, School, and Community. J. Anderson, S. Smythe, J. Shapiro, Working and Learning With Families, Communities, and Schools: A Critical Case Study. S. Cody, Snapshot 1: A Single Mother's Journey of Rediscovery. L.M. Phillips, H.L. Sample, Family Literacy: Listen to What the Families Have to Say. R. Hayden, M. Sanders, Snapshot 2: Voices From the Field: Practitioner Perspectives on Issues in Family Literacy. Part II: Early and Youth Literacies.M. Prinsloo, P. Stein, "Down, Up, and Round": Setting Children Up as Readers and Writers in South African Classrooms. M.H. Maguire, A.J. Beer, H. Attarian, D. Baygin, X.L. Curdt-Christiansen, R. Yoshida, The Chameleon Character of Multilingual Literacy Portraits: Re-Searching in "Heritage" Language Places and Spaces. D. Masny, Multiple Literacies: An Alternative OR Beyond Freire. M. Kendrick, R. McKay, L. Moffatt, The Portrayal of Self in Children's Drawings of Home, School, and Community Literacies. T. Rogers, A. Schofield, Things Thicker Than Words: Portraits of Youth Multiple Literacies in an Alternative Secondary Program. S. Moloney, Snapshot 3: A Small Piece of the Truth. B. Norton, A Portrait of Literacy From the Youth Millennium Project. Part III: Community and Adult Literacies.J. Hare, To "Know Papers": Aboriginal Perspectives on Literacy. Ningwakwe/Rainbow Woman, The Rainbow/Holistic Approach to Aboriginal Literacy. J. Horsman, Creating Change in Literacy Programs: Taking Account of Violence. D. Bloome, The People Write Back: Community Literacy Practices and the Visibility of the Ordinary Writer. B.A. Quigley, "First We Must Dream. Nothing Is Harder": Toward a Discourse on Literacy Across the Lifespan. Part IV: Literacy Policy Issues.P. Duff, Thinking Globally About English and New Literacies: Multilingual Socialization at Work. E. Auerbach, Connecting the Local and the Global: A Pedagogy of Not-Literacy.
This book crosses traditional boundaries between the study of family, community; and school literacies to offer a global perspective on multiple literacies, from theory to case studies of various settings. The examples suggest ways that literacy practices should be created.
"The authors and editors of this volume, taking a lead from the
little boy who pointed out that the king was wearing no clothes,
have....begun to document what literacy actually looks like in
action and in different contexts with different players....Enjoy
the work contained in this volume. It is important and desperately
needed. Consider it as part of the slowly emerging picture and join
us in working on its completion."
—Victoria Purcell-Gates
From the Foreword"...I couldn't put it down! It's that good!...With
its look at family literacy, its offer of relatively new research
methodologies, and its reports of major policy initiatives, this
book will be a welcome volume to scholars in literacy and social
policy."
—Carole Edelsky
Arizona State University"The issues addressed are important
ones--in particular the concern for school literacy having more to
do with students' lives and the development of literate agency in
the face of curricula and testing practices designed to prevent
it....The central focus of the book is not only at the leading edge
of the field, but it is surely timely, particularly in the United
States."
—Peter Johnston
State University of New York at Albany"The editors have brought
together emerging and established scholars who are well-known and
respected in the field of literacy to address critical issues in
the areas of literacy practices, programming, and policy across the
spectrum of youth and adult literacy."
—Pat Campbell
University of Alberta
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