Published by Redleaf Press 10 Yorkton Court St. Paul, MN 55117 USA www.redleafpress.org © 2009 by Carolyn Edwards, the Municipality of Reggio Emilia-Istituzione Preschools and Infant-Toddler Centers, and Reggio Children S.r.l. All rights reserved. Unless otherwise noted on a specific page, no portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or capturing on any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a critical article or review to be printed in a magazine or newspaper or electronically transmitted on radio, television, or the Internet. The translation of the diary is an authorized translation of the publication originally published in Italian in 1983 by the Municipality of Reggio Emilia, Italy, under the title Il diario al nido per fermare la storia dei bambini: Storia di Laura. International center for the defense and promotion of the rights and potential of all children Reggio Emilia, Italy. All rights reserved. Reggio Children S.r.l. Via Bligny, 1/a - C.P. 91 Succursale 2 42100 Reggio Emilia, Italy www.reggiochildren.it First edition 2009 Jacket design by Brad Norr Design Interior typeset in Fairfield and designed by Jim Handrigan See page 139 for jacket and interior photo credits. Printed in Canada 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 23456789 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Il diario al nido per fermare la storia dei bambini : Storia di Laura. English The diary of Laura : perspectives on a Reggio Emilia Diary / edited by Carolyn Edwards and Carlina Rinaldi. — 1st ed. p. cm. Translation of: Il diario al nido per fermare la storia dei bambini : Storia di Laura. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-1-933653-52-5 (alk. paper) 1. Reggio Emilia approach (Early childhood education) 2. Education, Preschool—Italy—Reggio Emilia. I. Edwards, Carolyn P. II. Rinaldi, Carlina. III. Title. LB1029.R35D5213 2008 372.210945'43—dc22 2008002121 DOL-Int_2011-jh 2.indd 4 12/13/11 11:52 AM