Children's voices; Introduction, Janet Evans; Part 1 PART 1 'New' literacies and children's ways of using them; Chapter 1 CHAPTER 1 Multimodal texts, Eve Bearne; Chapter 2 CHAPTER 2 Moving stories, Jackie Marsh; Chapter 3 CHAPTER 3 Children reading and interpreting stories in print, film and computer games, Margaret Mackey; Chapter 4 CHAPTER 4 The Dagger of Doom and the Mighty Handbag, Guy Merchant; Part 2 PART 2 Focusing on texts with a critical eye: Critical literacy in the primary school; Chapter 5 CHAPTER 5 Creating opportunities for critical literacy with young children, Vivian Vasquez; Chapter 6 CHAPTER 6 Beanie Babies, Janet Evans; Chapter 7 CHAPTER 7 Children reread and rewrite their local neighbourhoods: critical literacies and identity work, Barbara Comber, Helen Nixon; Part 3 PART 3 Bridging the gap between children's personal interests and teachers' school-based curriculum demands; Chapter 8 CHAPTER 8 Curiosity Kits:, Ros Fisher; Chapter 9 CHAPTER 9 Writing about heroes and villains, Elaine Millard; Chapter 10 CHAPTER 10 Getting it right for children, Dominic ScottIndex;