Family Literacy: Young Children Learning to Read and Write

by Denny Taylor

Book Overview

Family Literacy presents the stories of six families, each having a child considered by the parents to be a successful reader and writer.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325000743
• ISBN13: 9780325000749
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Heinemann Drama
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.6" x 8.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

A Classic Primer for Those Interested in Family Literacy

This book is a primer for teachers and researchers interested in the topic of family literacy. Taylor's ethnographic study, a three-year research project, follows the literacy activity of six middle-class families- each with at least one child, provides insight into the ways in which children learn to read and write within the context of everyday family experiences. The definition of family literacy will take on a whole new meaning. Author Denny Taylor is an advocate of the family and family literacy.