Elaine Hallet & Jackie Marsh 
Desirable Literacies [EPUB ebook] 
Approaches to Language and Literacy in the Early Years

Introduction – Jackie Marsh and Elaine Hallet
Learning to talk, talking to learn – Jim Mc Donagh and Sue Mc Donagh
Living in two worlds: The language and literacy development of young bilinguals – Naomi Flynn
White cars like mice with little legs: Poetry in the early years – Liz Stone and Julia Gillen
Signs and symbols: Environmental print – Elaine Hallet
Early Reading Development – Guy Merchant
Developing writing in the early years – Ann Browne
Multimodal Literacies – Rosie Flewitt
Looking with a different eye: Creativity and literacy in the early years – Kate Pahl
Play, drama and literacy in the early years – Julie Dunn
ICT and literacy – Tim Waller
Media iteracy in the early years – Jackie Marsh
Family literacy – past and present – Viv Bird
Going fishing: observing, assessing and planning for literacy development in young children – Fran Paffard

Jackie Marsh is Professor of Education at the University of Sheffield, UK, where she conducts research on young children′s play and digital literacy practices in homes, communities and early years settings and primary schools. Her most recent publications include Changing Play: Play, Media and Commercial Culture from the 1950s to the Present Day (with Bishop, 2014) and Handbook of Early Childhood Literacy (edited with Larson, 2013). Jackie is an editor of the Journal of Early Childhood Literacy.