Becoming Literate in the City: The Baltimore Early Childhood Project

by Robert Serpell, Linda Baker, Susan Sonnenschein

This book reports the results of a five-year longitudinal study of children's early literacy development. The children attended pre-kindergarten in Baltimore public schools at the study's inception and completed third grade at its end. Tracing these children's developing literacy competencies over the years, the study makes an important contribution to understanding how best to facilitate literacy attainment for children of diverse backgrounds.

320 pages, Hardcover

First published April 27, 1958