Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Literacy and Language among Low-Income Children -- 2 The Children, Their Schools, and Their Families -- 3 Reading Development -- 4 Writting Development -- 5 Language Development -- 6 Interrelations among Reading, Writing, and Language -- 7 Classroom Instruction and Literacy Environments -- 8 Home Influences on Literacy and Language -- 9 Influenec on the Lower and Higher Grades -- 10 Where Do We Go from Here? -- Epilogue: Persistent Questions -- Appendix A Samples of Narrative Writing Representing Average Holistic Ratings and Production: Students' Handwriting -- Appendix B Samples of Expository Writing Representing Average Holistic Ratings and Production: Students' Handwriting -- References -- Index.