The editors of this book have brought together contributors from many parts of the world. As such, the book offers a truly diverse, international flavour reflecting a broad range of research on babies and toddlers. Examining examples from both Eastern and Western cultures, the book´s overarching focus is on relationships, yielding a coherence beneficial to early childhood researchers and educators alike.
Employing visual methodologies to help bring the chapters to life, the varied research studies presented concern babies´ and toddlers´ relationships and cultural contexts. Taken together, they offer a unique opportunity to conceptualise the use of a wholeness approach for studying babies and toddlers - our youngest citizens.
