Kathy Hall is Professor of Education at University College Cork. She is co-editor of Learning and Practice: Culture and Identities (2008) and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Learning to Read: Culture, Cognition and Pedagogy (2010), and co-author of Loris Malaguzzi and the Reggio Emilia Experience (2010). Teresa Cremin is a Professor of Education (Literacy) in the Faculty of Education and Language Studies at the Open University. She is co-author of Writing Voices: Creating Communities of Writers (2012) and co-editor of Creative Learning 3-11 (2008). Barbara Comber is a Research Professor in the Faculty of Education at Queensland University of Technology. She is co-editor of The Hawke Legacy: Towards a Sustainable Society (2009) and Literacies in Place: Teaching Environmental Communication (2007). Luis C. Moll is Professor in the Language, Reading and Culture Program of the College of Education, University of Arizona. He is co-editor of Funds of Knowledge: Theorizing Practices in Households, Communities, and Classrooms (2005), which received the 2006 Critics' Choice Award of the American Educational Studies Association.

As literacy teachers, scholars, and researchers, it is truly up
to us to define the issues of most importance, talk with each other
about them, and advance the field together. The
International Handbook of Research on Children's Literacy,
Learning and Culture does just that. Itis the most
comprehensive collection of authors who present some of the biggest
issues facing us today, leaving room for its readers to advance the
field and envision possibilities for tomorrow.--Dawnene
D. Hassett, University of Wisconsin-Madison

One expects in a handbook of this nature, to find a
comprehensive survey of the complex field of literacy around the
globe. However, what sets this book apart from others is the
undoubted ability of the editors to bring together a diverse group
of highly talented scholars pursuing innovative lines of inquiry.
The HB thus encapsulates their willingness to be proactive in
fostering exciting, innovative directions for the future. All this
will ensure that the volume will remain highly topical and current
- a real pacesetter in the field for years to come.
--Roger Openshaw, Professor and Personal Chair in
History of Education,Massey University Institute of Education,New
Zealand.