This is a great, easy read filled with illustrations and practical tips. It is useful for day care providers (even informal ones) and parents of pre-school aged children. This book helps you build "print-rich" environments to help use the natural curiosity children have in order to promote literacy. This, in turn, helps children come to school ready to succeed.
We can plug 'baby Einstein'-type tapes all we want, but in the end, children depend on adults who take an active role in helping children develop their natural curiosity. The ideas in this book are easy to implement. No daycare should be without a copy of this book.