Foreword / Donald H. Graves -- Sect. 1. Focus on Relationships. 1. Respecting and Learning from Families. 2. Partners in Literacy: Home and School. 3. Creating Parallel Practices -- Sect. 2. Family Portraits. 4. Adrian: The Moral of the Story. 5. Lakendra: "... and as always we were pleased" 6. Cathy: A Book Buddy -- Sect. 3. Literacy Connections. 7. Family-Teacher Connections. 8. Family-Child Connections. 9. Child-Teacher Connections. 10. Reader-Book Connections -- Sect. 4. Issues of Policy and Practice. 11. Partnerships, Not Programs -- 12. Questions and Answers and More Questions -- Appendix A: Dennis' Family Reading Journal -- Appendix B: Research Processes for Engaging Families (Or, What We Did on Our Summer Vacation
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