This annotated bibliography has been prepared as part of the
Carolina Family Literacy Studies research project. It has received
funding from the National Center for Early Development and Learning
at the FPG Child Development Institute and the
School of Education at the University of North Carolina. The
National Center is funded by the National Institute on Early
Childhood Development and Education in the Office of Educational
Research and Improvement at the U.S. Department of Education.
The Carolina Family Literacy Studies is a longitudinal research
project designed to examine the processes and outcomes of comprehensive
family literacy programs in North Carolina.
We appreciate the advice of the authors involved with the U.S.
Department of Education project of synthesizing research on
intergenerational family literacy. Topics included in this report
include: adult education, early childhood education, program
evaluation, parenting education, family and cultural issues,
emergent literacy, coordination and service integration, and
English as a second language. Authors participating in this
project include: Judy Alamprese, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Dionne
R. Dobbins, Alison Sidle Fuligni, Vivian L. Gadsden, Suzannah
Herrmann, Wendy K.K. Lam, Chris Lonigan, Barbara Pan, Douglas
R. Powell, Anne Ricciuti, Robert St. Pierre, John Strucker,
Catherine Snow, and Gordon Whitehurst.
We also thank other individuals who made recommendations to
the content of this publication. These persons include Susan
Byerly, former Director of North Carolina Even Start Family
Literacy Programs; Cheryl Knight, Appalachian State University;
Jean Carter, North Carolina Center for Family Literacy; and
Randy Whitfield, North Carolina Community College System. We
also received suggestions from Naomi Karp, Director of the National
Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education; and
Joanne Roberts, a senior investigator with the Frank Porter
Child Development Institute and investigator on the Carolina
Family Literacy Studies.
Barbara H. Wasik
Professor, School of Education
Fellow, Frank Porter Graham Child
Development Institute
