This book brings together work by national and international scholars committed to honouring and building on the work of a passionate educator and lifelong advocate for children: Professor Anne Smith.

Anne Smith was at the forefront of the children's rights movement for several decades. She was a leader in childhood studies, the foundational director of the Children's Issues Centre and a pioneer in evidence-based policy and practice. For more than four decades she wrote, researched and spoke about the rights of children as people and citizens, the right to quality childcare and the...