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This popular text, now in its fourth edition, ‚Äúunpacks‚Äù the various dimensions of literacy‚Äîlinguistic and other sign systems; cognitive; sociocultural; and developmental‚Äîand at the same time accounts for the interrelationships among them. Distinguished by its examination of literacy from a multidimensional and interdisciplinary perspective, it provides a strong conceptual foundation upon which literacy curriculum and instruction in school settings can be grounded. Linking theory and research to practice in an understandable, user-friendly manner, the text provides in-depth coverage of the dimensions of literacy, includes demonstrations and ‚Äúhands-on‚Äù activities, examines authentic reading and writing events that reflect key concepts, and summarizes the concepts in tables and figures. Changes in the Fourth Edition‚Ä¢ Addresses academic language, new literacies/multiliteracies, and their relationship to literacy learning‚Ä¢ More fully develops the developmental dimension of literacy in separate chapters on adult mediation and learner  construction‚Ä¢ Expands the discussion of multimodal literacies‚Ä¢ Extends and integrates the discussion of bilingualism and biliteracy throughout the text‚Ä¢ Integrates instructional implications more fully throughout