The influence of language, metaphonology, RAN, and short-term memory on literacy is widely acknowledged. The existence of a bilingual advantage in these skills is highly debated. Nevertheless, longitudinal studies about the effects of these skills on reading and writing are sparse, notably in shallow-orthography languages and bilingual populations. The book addresses this gap by longitudinally describing the typical and atypical development of preliteracy and literacy in Italian monolinguals and bilinguals. Children’s preliteracy skills and their effects on literacy are monitored from...