Zinnia Mevawalla is Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Canberra. Her research concentrates on understanding how initiatives in the early years can support participation, inclusion and equity for all.

List of Figures - Acknowledgements - Permissions - List of Abbreviations - Introduction: We Are the Stories We Tell - Critical Education for Critical Times - Theory for Knowing and Changing the System - Critical Consciousness and Social Justice in Early Childhood - Researching with Young Children Living on the Streets - The Indian Context - The Stories We Tell - Resistance for Social Justice and Critical Consciousness - Summary: If Gandhi was a Child in Your Classroom.