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Rethinking Early Literacies: Reading and Rewriting Worlds.

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Call no.
: 372.4 SOU
Author
: Mariana Souto-Manning and Haeny S. Yoon.
Contributor
: Salina Zawawi
Summary
I found this book is impressive as it honors and stresses the importance of early childhood education in an easy comprehensible way of writing. The authors present a call for early years educators to embrace emancipatory literacy pedagogies that pay attention to issues of identity, power and social justice. Drawing on a rich case studies across classrooms, homes and communities, the authors clearly demonstrate how to engage children and their relational networks in meaningful, inspiring literacy practice that fosters critical thinking and creativity. The book honors the identities of young children as they read, write, speak and play across various spaces, in and out the preschool. Despite narrow curricular mandates and policies in many countries in the world, the book highlights the language resources and tools that children cultivate with families, communities and peers. To me, this book is a gift to anyone who has noble passion and drives to witness the success of early childhood education.