Jennifer Tuten, Associate Professor, Literacy Education at Hunter College, CUNY steaches courses in literacy assessment and intervention and children's literature. She also leads professional development initiatives for teachers in New York City schools. Deborah Ann Jensen, retired from the Graduate Literacy Program at Hunter College, CUNY, was the founder of their two semester tutoring program for struggling readers. She is now a literacy consultant to afterschool programs in New York City. Charlene Klassen Endrizzi, Professor of Literacy Education at Westminster College, PA., teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in literacy learning, family-school partnerships and children's literature.
Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Why Cross the Bridge? Chapter 2:
Evoking Trust by Initiating Conversations Chapter 3: Re-imagining
Collaborative School- Home Events Chapter 4: Developing Respect for Home
and Community Literacy Experience Chapter 5: Adapting Curriculum to Include
Families' Ways of Knowing Chapter 6: Celebrating Literacy through Sharing
Stories Chapter 7: Using Children's Literature to Connect Families and
Schools Chapter 8: Crossing Bridges: Sustaining Family and School
Engagements to Support all Learners Index
