Written and edited by leading practitioners and researchers in early childhood, this new edition of Gillian Pugh and Bernadette Duffy's highly regarded book provides a critical examination of key issues in the field. The Fifth Edition of this best-selling book includes fully updated coverage of policy and research, practice, and workforce issues, as well as four brand new chapters on children s centers, health services in the early years, leading and working in multi-agency teams, and quality in early childhood education.