Smart, Maya Payne <br/><br/>
Reading for our lives :  a literacy action plan from birth to six / 
Maya Payne Smart. 
 - viii, 231 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-223) and index. 
<br/><br/> "Reading for Our Lives challenges the bath-book-bed mantra and the idea that reading aloud to our kids is enough to ensure school readiness. Instead, it gives parents easy, immediate, and accessible ways to nurture language and literacy development from the start. Through personal stories, historical accounts, scholarly research, and practical tips, this book presents the life-and-death urgency of literacy, investigates inequity in reading achievement, and illuminates a path to a true, transformative education for all"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0593332172 9780593332177 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2022010712 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Children--Books and reading<br/>Readiness for school<br/>Reading (Elementary)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB1573  / .S67 2022 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>372.4