Children's Literacy Development

In the updated third edition of this unique book, Catherine McBride looks at reading and writing development and impairment across a range of languages, scripts, and contexts. This new edition highlights multiliteracy and multilingualism and broadly explores the science of reading.

Catherine McBride is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Science, Purdue University, Indiana, US. She has served as President of the international Society for the Scientific Study of Reading and Founding President of the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia. Her research focuses on learning to read and write from a developmental perspective, across cultures, languages, and scripts.

1. An ecological approach to literacy development 2. The development of sound, phonological sensitivity, and language for reading and writing 3. Building blocks of reading 4. The role of morphological awareness in learning to read and to write (spell) 5. Visual and orthographic skills in reading and writing 6. Dyslexia 7. Reading comprehension 8. Writing: spelling and higher-order processes 9. Approaches to teaching reading 10. Multiliteracy and Multilingualism 11. The impact of digital technology on children's literacy development 12. Where do we go from here?