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Early Literacy  - Research Resources
 
Adam, M.J. (1990). Beginning to Read: Thinking and Learning About Print, MA: MIT Press
 
Bredekamp, S. (Ed). (1997). Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs, National Association for the Education of Young Children, Washington, DC.
 
Bredekamp, S., Teresa Rosegrant (Ed.). Reading Potentials: Appropriate Curriculum and Assessment for Young Children, Volume 1 & 2. National Association for the Education of Young People, 1509 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036-1426
 
Burns, M.S., P. Griffin and C.E. Snow (Ed.) (1999). Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Children's Reading Success, National Research Council, National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20418.
 
Burns, M.S., Barbara Bowman, M. Suzanne Donovan (Ed.) (2000). Eager to Learn: Educating our Preschoolers, National Research Council, National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20418.
 
Davidson, Jane, Emergent Literacy and Dramatic Play in Early Education, Delmar Publishers, 3 Columbia Circle, Box 15015, Albany, NY 12212-5015
 
King, Rebecca and Jennifer McMaster, Pathways: A Primer for Family Literacy Program Design and Development, National Center for Family Literacy, Louisville, KY
 
Hall, N.R. (1987). The Emergency of Literacy. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Heinemann Educational Books.
 
Greene, Ellin (1991). Books, Babies and Libraries: From Research to Practice.
 
Lancy, David F. (Ed.). (1994). Children's Emergent Literacy: From Research to Practice.
 
Learning to Read and Write: Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Young Children, A joint position statement of the International Reading Association and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (1998). Young Children, 53(4), 30-46.
 
Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children, a report from the National Research Council synthesizing the wealth of research on early reading development, The National Academy Press, www.nas.edu
 
Mallory, B.L. and R.S. New (Eds). (1994). Diversity and Developmentally Appropriate Practices: Challenges for Early Childhood Education, New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
 
Schickendanz, J.A. (1986). Much More than ABC's: The Early Stages of reading and Writing, National Association for the Education of Young Children, Washington, DC
 
Shore, Rima (1997). Rethinking the Brain: New Insights Into Early Development, Report of the Conference on Brain Development, University of Chicago. Available through the Families and Work Institute, 330 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001.
 
Snow, Catherine E., M. Susan Burns and Peg Griffin, Editors (1998). Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children, National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington, DC
 
Teale, W. (1986). Emergent Literacy: Writing and Reading, Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing Corportation.
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