Introduction/PART ONE: PARENTS' CONTRIBUTION TO LITERACY /What is Early Literacy Development? /Home Background and Literacy Development/Home-School Relations/The Effects of Parents’ Contribution to Literacy/PART TWO: LITERACY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PARENTS' EYES /Literacy at Home/Children Aged Three /Literacy at Home/Children Aged Seven /Home-School Relations and Children’s Literacy /Influences on the Parents’ Role/PART THREE: IMPLICATIONS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS/Highlighting Favourite Books /Extending Home-School Relations