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MANUSCRIPTS Papers should be typed with double spacing and sent electronically to Roy Evans at Roy.Evans@brunel.ac.uk. Where this is not possible, 3 copies of the article should be submitted to: Roy Evans, Early Child Development and Care, School of Education and Sport, Brunel University, Kingston Lane, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, UK. Submission of an original paper to this journal will be taken to imply that it represents original work not previously published, that it is not being considered elsewhere for publication, and that if accepted for publication, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in any language, without the consent of the editor and publisher.

Length: The maximum preferred length is 15-20 pages.

Language: Papers are published only in English, but the editors welcome suggestions of non-English papers that have been, or are about to be, published in another language elsewhere.

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