This bold, dynamic text offers a clear rationale for the development of curricula and pedagogy that will reflect young people's popular culture practices within and outside of school; and looks at the issue of educating teachers to embrace it.

Jackie Marsh and Elaine Millard are both Senior Lecturers in Education at the University of Sheffield, UK. Together, they have directed the ESRC Research Seminar Series, 'Children's Literacy and Popular Culture' (2002-2004).

Introduction, Jackie Marsh, Elaine Millard; Part 1 Early childhoods; Chapter 1 Technokids, Koala Trouble and Pokémon, Knobel Michele; Chapter 2 Children's popular culture in the home, Kate Pahl; Chapter 3 Mr Naughty Man, Pamela Greenhough, Wan Ching Yee, Jane Andrews, Anthony Feiler, Mary Scanlan, Martin Hughes; Chapter 4 Playing with texts, Eve Bearne, Helen Wolstencroft; Chapter 5 A sign of the times, Guy Merchant; Part 2 Youth and adolescence; Chapter 6 No single divide, Colin Lankshear; Chapter 7 Informal literacies and pedagogic discourse, Gemma Moss; Chapter 8 Making it move, making it mean, David Parker; Chapter 9 Nomads and tribes, Julia Davies; Part 3 Teachers and schooling; Chapter 10 Tightropes, tactics and taboos, Jackie Marsh; Chapter 11 Assets in the classroom, Muriel Robinson, Margaret Mackey; Chapter 12 Transformative practitioners, transformative practice, Elaine Millard; Chapter 13 Afterword, Donna E. Alvermann;