Early Literacy in Preschool and Kindergarten: A Multicultural Perspective

About Janice BeatyLinda Pratt

Janice J. Beaty Professor Emerita Elmira College Elmira New York is a full-time writer of early childhood college textbooks and a consultant and trainer in early childhood education from her home in Cape Coral Florida. Her textbooks include Skills for Preschool Teachers; Observing Development of the Young Child; 50 Early Childhood Literacy Strategies; and 50 Early Childhood Guidance Strategies. At present Dr. Beaty is involved in an early literacy mentoring program with Foster Grandparents in schools and Head Start programs in Central Missouri.   Linda Pratt is the Executive Director of Teacher Education and a Professor of Education at Elmira College. For more than 20 years she has taught both graduate and undergraduate courses in literacy education and has directed the graduate program in teaching literacy. Her primary scholarly interests are literacy acquisition and international education. Dr. Pratt has given presentations on literacy in the United States as well as in Asia the Bahamas and Caribbean Canada Europe and South America. She and Dr. Beaty have also given presentations together as well as coauthored the textbook Transcultural Childrens Literature published by Merrill/Prentice Hall.