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EMPOWERING PARENTS, FAMILIES, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES DURING THE EARLY CHILDHOOD YEARS. Kevin J. Swick. Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing L.L.C., 2004. 261 pp. $26.80. Reviewed by Sherian Demetrius
VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION: Research to Practice (Solving Problems in Teaching of Literacy). James F. Baumann and Edward J. Kame'enui (Eds.). New York: The Guilford Press, 2004. 244 pp. Paperback, $29.00. Reviewed by Naomi Palmer
IMAGINATION AND PLAY IN THE ELECTRONIC AGE. Dorothy G. Singer and Jerome L. Singer. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005. 210 pp. Hardcover, $29.95. Reviewed by Javier Gonzalez
SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP. Andy Hargreaves and Dean Fink. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons, 2006. 325 pp. Paperback, $25.00. Reviewed by Christine King
CHILDHOOD LOST: How American Culture Is Failing Our Kids. Sharna Olfman (Ed.). Westport, CT: Praeger, 2005. 240 pp. Hardcover, $39.95. Reviewed by Michele Parcell Mar
THE EMERGENCY TEACHER. Christina Asquith. Washington, DC: West Parley Press, 2005. 272 pp. $19.95. Reviewed by Barbara Moore
CONNECTIONS & COMMITMENTS: Reflecting Latino Values in Early Childhood Programs. Costanza Eggers-Piérola. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2005. 244 pp. $24.50. Reviewed by Maren Roedenbeck
THE MINDS OF BOYS: Saving Our Sons From Falling Behind in School and Life. Michael Gurian and Kathy Stevens. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005. 351 pp. $24.95. Reviewed by Andrea F. Rosenblatt
WHEN READING BEGINS: The Teacher's Role in Decoding, Comprehension, and Fluency. Ardith Davis Cole. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2004. 175 pp. $20.00. Reviewed by Rebecca P. Harlin