Narrative literacy and other skills : studies in intervention Introduction to narrative literacy and other skills: studies in intervention Edy Veneziano and Ageliki Nicolopoulou 1. The developing language foundation for reading comprehension: Vocabulary complex syntax and extended discourse from preschool to grade one David K. Dickinson Kerry G. Hofer and Bretta L. Rivera 2. Storybooks to promote emergent literacy in kindergarten classrooms Hélène Makdissi Andrée Boisclair Pauline Sirois Marie Pierre Baron and Claudia Sanchez 3. Do childrens oral retellings of narrative and informational texts predict Scores on a standardized reading comprehension test Helen Chen Kingston James S. Kim Mary Burkhauser Bethany Mulimbi and David M. Quinn 4. Does emotional narrative context influence retention of newly learned words Katharina J. Rohlfing Kerstin Nachtigäller Anna Berner and Anouschka Foltz 5. Enhancing the mental state language and emotion understanding components of toddlers social cognition: The role of narrative and conversation Ilaria Grazzani Veronica Ornaghi Alessia Agliati Elisa Brazzelli and Maria Lucarelli 6. The effects of bookreading with and without mental state themes on preschoolers theory of mind Carolyn Brockmeyer Cates and Ageliki Nicolopoulou 7. Using narrative thinking in argumentative writing Sarah Surrain Leslie Duhaylongsod Robert L. Selman and Catherine E. Snow 8. New frontiers in facilitating narrative skills in children and adolescents: A dynamic systems account incorporating eight narrative development stages Keith E. Nelson and Kiren S. Khan 9. Precursors of narrative abilities: Non present talk temporality development and topic elaboration in early parent child interaction Akke de Blauw Anne Baker and Judith Rispens 10. Enriching parent child discourse during book sharing: The impact on childrens story comprehension and narrative skills Yaara Fine Dorit Aram and Margalit Ziv 11. Investigating the effectiveness of the Our Story App to increase childrens narrative skills: Lessons learnt from one English preschool classroom Natalia Kucirkova David Messer and Kieron Sheehy 12. Using a storytelling story acting practice to promote narrative and other decontextualized language skills in disadvantaged children Ageliki Nicolopoulou 13. Promoting narratives through a short conversational intervention in typically developing and high functioning children with ASD Edy Veneziano and Marie Hélène Plumet.