TY - BOOK AU - Sedgwick,Fred TI - Thinking about literacy: young children and their language SN - 0415168651 AV - LB1139.L3 S34 1999 U1 - 401.93 PY - 1999/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Children KW - Language KW - Language acquisition KW - Books and reading N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-170) and index; Acknowledgements --; Dedicatory poem: To the children --; Introduction: language and humanity: literacy hour or literacy life? --; Pt. I; Children and talk --; 1; Early talk --; 2; Talk in the infant school --; 3; Questions: children and moral issues --; An Interlude --; Children making their own books --; Pt. II; Children and writing --; 4; Children and writing --; 5; The writing corner --; 6; Dear Jerlisa, Dear Leisha... --; 7; Children writing lists --; 8; Some mechanics --; Pt. III; Children and reading --; 9; Facing print --; 10; The politics of reading --; 11; Remembering learning to read --; Postscript: the National Curriculum, and one OFSTED report --; References --; Index ER -