Using information gathered from a combined first and second grade classroom over two years this book explores the students routine actions in school including their views about different literacy activities their favorite part of school life peer culture in both the boys and the girls worlds issues of gender power the integration of the teachers official discourses and the childrens unofficial culture and the kind of school life children wish to have. Focusing on childrens voices and perceptions this book provides insight that will help educators preserve an accurate view of school culture and create effective policies in education. The books interdisciplinary approach extensively applies theories and perspectives from educational philosophy educational anthropology sociology poststructuralist theories narratives semiotics literacy education cultural studies and critical ethnography.