The 43 manuscripts presented in this collection represent qualitative and quantitative studies, as well as papers that present literacy research, theory, and pedagogy. Papers in the collection include: "Family Uses of Literacy: A Critical Voice" (D. Madigan); "Intergenerational Literacy: Impact on the Development of the Storybook Reading Behaviors of Hispanic Mothers" (D. Eldridge-Hunter); "Portfolio Assessment: Teachers' Beliefs and Practices" (J. Flood and others); "Psychometric Properties of the Reader Retelling Profile: A Case Study" (K. E. Meredith and others); "The Validity and Utility of Portfolio Assessment" (P. Dewitz and others); "An Examination of 'The Simple View of Reading'" (L. G. Dreyer and L. Katz); "An Exploration of Meaning Construction in First Graders' Grand Conversations" (L. M. McGee); "Intertextuality: Searching for Patterns That Connect" (K. G. Short); "One Writer's Construction of Text and Self: The Role of Voice" (G. Kamberelis and W. McGinley); "Children's Metacognitive Knowledge about Reading and Writing in Literature-Based and Conventional Classrooms" (L. B. Gambrell and B. M. Palmer); "Implementing Whole-Language Instruction for Young Children: Cases of Teacher Development and Change" (B. J. Bruneau); "Reading without Ability Grouping: Issues in First-Grade Reading Instruction" (D. P. Hall and P. M. Cunningham); "A Case Study of Academic Literacy Tasks and Their Negotiation in a University History Course" (M. L. Simpson and S. L. Nist); "Predicting the Location of Answers to Textbook Search Tasks" (M. J. Dreher); "Dynamics of Change: Speculation on a Forthcoming Model of Response to Literature" (K. Armstrong); "Non-Traditional Learners' Written and Dialogic Response to Literature" (V. J. Goatley and T. E. Raphael); "Circles within Circles: The Uses of Storytelling within a Seminar for Preservice Reading Teachers" (S. J. Moore and R. V. Lalik); "Collaborative Research on Teacher Study Groups: Embracing the Complexities" (C. Klassen and K. G. Short); "Incident at Paradigm Springs: Fieldnotes on Writing from a Critical Stance" (J. Konopak); "Literature, Literacy, and Resistance to Cultural Domination" (L. Spears-Bunton); "Persons and Society in Reading: Connections to Liberalism and Beyond" (B. Kachuck); "A Content Analysis of Basal Readers: Teaching Suggestions for ESL/LEP Students Learning to Read English" (J. S. Schumm, and others); "Flexible Scaffolds: Shared Reading and Rereading of Story Books in Head Start Classrooms" (C. A. Elster and C. A. Walker); "Examining Content Area Reading Beliefs, Decisions, and Instruction: A Case Study of an English Teacher" (E. K. Wilson and others); "Effects of Word-Related Variables on Vocabulary Growth through Repeated Read-Aloud Events" (C. B. Leung); and "Matthew Effects in Learning New Words while Listening to Stories" (T. Nicholson and B. Whyte). (RS)