The book investigates parental engagement in the transition to school in China and Australia, which were taken as representatives of the East and West cultures respectively.A positive transition to school is important for children’s learning and well-being, and parents play a critical role in it. The author, therefore, compares Chinese and Australian parents’ perceptions of and engagement in the transition to school, and the factors influencing it. By modifying the parental engagement scale and re-constructing the bioecological model of parental engagement in transition to school in the...