Richard J. Meyer is a Regents’ Professor and Chair of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies at the University of New Mexico, USA.Kathryn F. Whitmore holds the Ashland/Nystrand Chair of Early Childhood Research and is Director of the Early Childhood Research Center at the University of Louisville, USA.

• Introduction Reclaiming Early Childhood LiteraciesRichard J. Meyer and Kathryn F. WhitmorePillar I: LEARNING Pillar Introduction: We Use a Lot More "Dots" in Arabic than You Do in English: A Learning Language StoryJerome C. Harste and Carolyn L. Burke Reclaiming or Reframing? Getting the Right Conceptual Metaphor for Thinking About Early Literacy LearningBrian CambourneChapter 2 Extension: Moving Toward the Discourse of Meaning-MakingBrian Cambourne and Richard J. Meyer What Complex Miscues Tell Us About Kindergarteners’ Making Sense of PrintAlan D. Flurkey and David P. SchultzChapter 3 Extension: Text Matters: Predictable and Decodable TextsPrisca Martens Take That Ronald! Disrupting Gender Role Binaries with Powerful PicturebooksKathryn F. Whitmore and Christie AngletonChapter 4 Extension: Innocence, Intersectionality, and Normativity: Choosing Powerful Picturebooks About Gender DiversityScott Ritchie Toddlers, Touchscreens, and Tablet Technologies: Learning "Concepts Beyond Print"Karen E. WohlwendChapter 5 Extension: Digital Observers, Explorers, and Teachers in PreschoolKathryn F. Whitmore and Emily L. ZuccaroPillar II: TEACHING Pillar Introduction: Noisy ‘E’s’: A Language Story about TeachingJerome C. Harste and Carolyn L. Burke "Doin’ School in the Orchard": Reclaiming and Nurturing Kids’ Connection to Nature Through Ecological LiteracyM. Ruth DavenportChapter 6 Extension: A Year of Rich Learning for a Young ChildChristine Sims and Richard J. Meyer The Search for Joy and the Realities of Wounds in Early LiteracyKrystal Wood-Kofonow and Richard J. MeyerChapter 7 Extension: Amy and George: Wounds and Joy in Literacy LivesRenita R. Schmidt and Meg M. Jacobs Infusing Meaning and Joy back into Books: Reclaiming Literacy in Young Children with Autism Spectrum DisorderHolly L. Damico, Jack S. Damico, Ryan L. Nelson, Christine Weill, and Jamie MaxwellChapter 8 Extension: Beginning the Lifelong Journey of Language and Literacy in Very Young ChildrenMichael L. ShawPillar III: CURRICULUM Pillar Introduction: Close Reading: A Curriculum Language StoryJerome C. Harste and Carolyn L. Burke Designing Literacy Curriculum: Teaching Literacy as Response to LearningKenneth S. Goodman and Yetta M. GoodmanChapter 9 Extension: Designing Curriculum in Response to Max’s and Zachary’s LearningAlan D. Flurkey and Kathryn F. Whitmore First Grade Children Discover the Power of Expression by Creating Descriptive DrawingsS. Rebecca LeighChapter 10 Extension: Art and Writing in Kindergarten InquiryAllen Koshewa Reclaiming Early Literacies by Learning about Self and Others through Global Literature and ArtPrisca Martens, Ray Martens, Jenna Loomis, Michelle Hassay Doyle, Laura Fuhrman, Christie Furnari, Elizabeth Soper, and Robbie StoutChapter 11 Extension: Creating Global Understandings Through PlayKathy G. Short and María V. Acevedo Two Curricular Worlds: Home and School Koomi Kim and Richard J. MeyerChapter 12 Extension: Merging Home and School Curriculum with Home-Based Literacy PortfoliosJane BaskwillPillar IV: LANGUAGE Pillar Introduction: The ABC Snake: A Language StoryJerome C. Harste and Carolyn L. Burke "I got Angry Birds in my Story": Reclaiming Language in an ESL KindergartenTasha Tropp Laman and Lucy Jaimes, with Lisa JonesChapter 13 Extension: Food Truck Literacies in a Bilingual Kindergarten CommunityCaryl G. Crowell Maybe Henry Did It! Maybe Chester Did It!: Young Children (Re)Authoring Through Postmodern PicturebooksLenny Sánchez and Angie Zapata, with Josh HillChapter 14 Extension: Young Bilingual Children Engaging in Book DiscussionJeanne FainPillar V: SOCIOCULTURAL CONTEXTS Pillar Introduction: Holy Squirrel: A Sociocultural Contexts Language StoryJerome C. Harste and Carolyn L. Burke Rhizomatic Possibilities for Writing Processes: Fluid Structures and ComponentsCandace R. KubyChapter 15 Extension: Noah the Nomadic Diplomat and the Making of a School Sack LunchJennifer Buntjer Merryman and Richard J. Meyer Writer’s Workshop Within the Context of an Islamic SchoolAmy BarnhillChapter 16 Extension: Photos as Bridges into Hidden Literacy LivesCharlene Klassen Endrizzi Revaluing Novice Readers: Revaluing FamiliesBobbie KabutoChapter 17 Extension: Photographs that Cracked Open Narrow Kindergarten Writing Practices for Children and their TeacherKathryn F. Whitmore and Carla Wilson A Cello, A Plane, and a Garden: Reclaiming the Context of Play with Young Children to Promote LiteracySarah Vander Zanden, Sohyun Meacham, Jane Frost, and Jennifer StrangeChapter 18 Extension: Children Speak for ThemselvesLorraine WilsonConclusion: Second School as a Space for Hope, Power, Vision, and the Literacy Lives of Young ChildrenRichard J. Meyer and Kathryn F. Whitmore