Understanding frameworks for the emergent literacy stage / Paula M. Rhyner, Eileen K. Haebig, and Kaycee M. West -- Book sharing and the development of meaning / Judith Vander Woude, Anne van Kleeck, and Elizabeth Vander Veen -- Metaphonological awareness: enhancing literacy skills / Elizabeth Hester and Barbara W. Hodson -- Early writing and spelling development / Joan N. Kaderavek, Sonia Q. Cabell, and Laura M. Justice -- Children's early narratives / Froma O. Roth -- Multiculturalism, language, and emergent literacy / Dolores E. Battle