Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-145) and index.
Contents:
"Dancing to books" : local understanding and literate participation in early childhood -- "It's about making sense" : citizenship in the inclusive early childhood literate community -- "We going a space" : cardboard boxes, rockets, and the child's literate construction of meaning -- "I see all my kids as readers!" : symbolic presence, narrative construction, and literacy signs -- "And I looked in those eyes" : fostering the literate citizenship of young children with significant developmental disabilities -- "His only limitations were how I imagined he could do things" : concluding thoughts on the literate citizenship of young children with significant developmental disabilities.
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