ABSTRACT
One of the strongest assertions that can be made in the study of reading, and in the practice and politics of improving reading worldwide is that children’s reading and their parents’ reading behavior are intimately linked. Whether one is studying the nature of children’s bedtime storytelling behavior, or considering demographic trends in literacy rates in developing countries, or creating new programs in intergenerational literacy, there is no doubt that the nature and extent of reading activities of children and their parents are highly correlated as demontrated by the chapters in the first section of this volume. Thus, the continuing problem of low levels of adult literacy may be considered to be one of the gravest continuing threats to poor and non-reading among children worldwide.
