Originally published in 1997. By drawing on the experiences of children aged 3 to 8, the authors of these eleven case studies provide insights into what it means for young children to enter a new language and culture in school in order to help teachers develop culturally responsive teaching programmes.

Preface 1. Introduction Eve Gregory Part 1: Setting the Scene, the Multiple Worlds of Children's Learning 2. Learning Through Difference: Cultural Practices in Early Childhood Language Socialisation Allan Luke and Joan Kale Part 2: Up to Five: Learning to Live with Different Languages 3. Two Sisters at School: Issues for Educators of Young Bilingual Children Rose Drury 4. Continuities and Discontinuities: Teaching and Learning in the Home and School of a Puerto Rican Five Year Old Dinah Volk 5. Stories from Two Worlds: Bilingual Experiences Between Fact and Fiction Michaela Ulich and Pamela Oberhuemer 6. A Child Writes from Her Everyday Work: Using Home Texts to Develop Biliteracy at School Charmian Kenner Part 3: From Five to Seven: Languages and Literacies in Homes, Schools and Communities 7. Investigating Literacy in London: Three Generations of Readers in an East End Family Ann Williams 8. Learning to Read, Reading to Learn: The Importance of Siblings in the Language Development of Young Bilingual Children Nasima Rashid and Eve Gregory 9. Friends as Teachers: The Impact of Peer Interaction on the Acquisition of a New Language Susi Long 10. Working in Partnership: Parents, Teacher and Support Teacher Together Maureen Turner 11. Why you Don't Eat Bananas: An Exploration of a Child's Possible Worlds in Story Inge Cramer 12. From Karelia to Kashmir: A Journey into Bilingual Children's Story-reading Experiences Within School and Community Literacy Practice Leena Robertson