Helen Victoria Smith is Assistant Professor at the School of Education, University of Nottingham, UK.

• Part 1: Introduction 1. Ethnography in place 2. How policy represents the problem of poor parenting 3. Getting children ready for school literacy? Part 2:The case studies - enacting policy 4. Sharing storybooks in the public library 5. Moving with mummy in the privately-run parent and child early education classes 6. Educating poor mothers in the Sure Start children’s centres 7. Leaving it to the pre-school professionals 8. The power of policy, pedagogy and place: Positioning parents, professionals and local resources Part 3: Conclusion 9. Repositioning parents, professionals and resources

"I strongly recommend this book as a timely and important contribution to contemporary issues and tensions on children’s early literacy learning. The book provides insights into current debates on early literacy policies by showing the practices and social implications of diverse community resources raising issues of inequality in provisions of education from an early age."Ola Erstad, Professor in the Department of Education, University of Oslo, Norway.

Helen Victoria Smith is Assistant Professor at the School of Education, University of Nottingham, UK.

• Part 1: Introduction 1. Ethnography in place 2. How policy represents the problem of poor parenting 3. Getting children ready for school literacy? Part 2:The case studies - enacting policy 4. Sharing storybooks in the public library 5. Moving with mummy in the privately-run parent and child early education classes 6. Educating poor mothers in the Sure Start children’s centres 7. Leaving it to the pre-school professionals 8. The power of policy, pedagogy and place: Positioning parents, professionals and local resources Part 3: Conclusion 9. Repositioning parents, professionals and resources

"I strongly recommend this book as a timely and important contribution to contemporary issues and tensions on children’s early literacy learning. The book provides insights into current debates on early literacy policies by showing the practices and social implications of diverse community resources raising issues of inequality in provisions of education from an early age."Ola Erstad, Professor in the Department of Education, University of Oslo, Norway.

Helen Victoria Smith is Assistant Professor at the School of Education, University of Nottingham, UK.

• Part 1: Introduction 1. Ethnography in place 2. How policy represents the problem of poor parenting 3. Getting children ready for school literacy? Part 2:The case studies - enacting policy 4. Sharing storybooks in the public library 5. Moving with mummy in the privately-run parent and child early education classes 6. Educating poor mothers in the Sure Start children’s centres 7. Leaving it to the pre-school professionals 8. The power of policy, pedagogy and place: Positioning parents, professionals and local resources Part 3: Conclusion 9. Repositioning parents, professionals and resources

"I strongly recommend this book as a timely and important contribution to contemporary issues and tensions on children’s early literacy learning. The book provides insights into current debates on early literacy policies by showing the practices and social implications of diverse community resources raising issues of inequality in provisions of education from an early age."Ola Erstad, Professor in the Department of Education, University of Oslo, Norway.