List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
1 Reading with young children: an introduction
2 Sociological perspectives on reading
3 Shared reading practices
4 Researching family lives
5 Shared reading as an everyday family practice
6 Doing and sustaining shared reading; parents’ aims and motivations
7 Barriers to shared reading
8 Parents’ relationships with reading and links with shared reading practices
9 Working with families to promote shared reading
10 Shared reading and starting school – a conclusion
References
Index
Biography
Rachael Levy is Associate Professor at UCL Institute of Education. She has published widely in the field of young children’s reading and is the author of Young Children Reading at Home and at School. She has worked closely with the United Kingdom Literacy Association and was editor for their Minibook series for 8 years.
Mel Hall is a Senior Lecturer in Childhood and Education Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University. Mel’s research has been devoted to lived experiences of young people and families, with a particular emphasis on how health and education are conceptualised in the context of the life course.
This book provides educators and practitioners a sense of the multifaceted character of parents and children’s enjoyment of shared reading practices in diverse families. This new research offers genuinely innovative insights into children and families’ reading practices in the home. This book should be welcomed by all those who care about children’s literacy and language practices in home and community settings.
Kate Pahl, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
