�Between 1989 and 1993, just three educators from the United States were granted permission to spend a year
as interns in the schools of Reggio Emila, Italy. Louise Cadwell was one of them�. Now, in St. Louis, the journey
of Louise Cadwell continues as a shared experience toward a deeper understanding of the potential of children and
adults, constructing a network that sustains their mutual conversation in many languages.�
--From the Foreword by Lella Gandini
Teacher's College Press Web Site, July, 2000
Summary
This book is the first written about Reggio Emilia by a single author and the first to integrate the experience
of a year-long internship in the preschools of Reggio, with a 4 year adaptation effort in one American school.
The lively text includes many "mini-stories" of preschool and kindergarten-age children, teachers, and
parents who embark on journeys together. These journeys take shape in language, in drawings, in tempera paint and
clay, in outdoor excursions, and in the imaginations of both the children and adults.
During the past 10 years there has been a tremendous interest among early childhood educators in the Reggio Approach.
This book is a readable account of this innovative approach and how its practices were adapted in the preschool
and kindergarten classrooms of St. Louis, Missouri. It is heavily illustrated with photographs of the children
(both in Italy and the U.S.) and samples of their work, including some in full color.
