This volume discusses the literacy of children in the infant years. The first section is concerned with talk, the second with writing, and the third with reading. The book features examples of children's speech, transcribed at home and at school, and also examples of writing, including stories, poems and a nine-month correspondence between six children at an infant school and the author. It addresses issues such as spelling and other mechanics, the writing corner, and the children talking and writing about moral matters.