Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-231) and indexes.
Contents
Beginning of the study -- What we have learned about children prenatally exposed to crack/cocaine -- Discovering resilience: the structure and results of the study -- Sean: a child who sees himself as a reader -- Billy: a child for whom instruction often was not supportive of literacy learning -- Melinda: a child who loved to learn with friends -- Curtis: a gifted child who loves -- Ray: a child who sees reading as an escape -- Laquisha: how did she learn to read and write? -- Why these children's stories are important.