The purpose of my study has been to find out how mother tongue teachers working in preschools where a majority of the children have a mother tongue other than Swedish make use of fictional children?s books during the mother tongue support lessons. In order to determine this, I am asking the following questions:- What is the range of children's books in the children's mother tongue available at the preschool?- In what ways are the native language teachers encouraging literacy development through the usage of children's books?- How do native language teachers view the childrens? linguistic development as well as the enhancement of cultural identity through the usage of the books?These questions have formed the basis of the methodical approach, which is based on a qualitative research method. The data collection consists of three parts; the observation of mother tongue support, interviews with language teachers as well as with the nursery manager and lastly a survey of children's books in languages other than Swedish at the preschool.The essay has as its theoretical basis the socio-cultural view of learning and development.

Att växa upp i en miljö där två eller flera språk talas blir allt vanligare. Dock finns det begränsade kunskaper om hur språket hos flerspråkiga barn med misstänkt språkstörning bör bedömas. Denna studie utforskade den narrativa förmågan hos en grupp flerspråkiga barn i Sverige med typisk språkutveckling. Detta skedde inom ramen för projektet COST IS0804. Tjugo barn mellan 5:9 och 7:6 år som talade svenska och engelska fick berätta sagor till två bildserier samt besvara ett antal förståelsefrågor om bilderna.

The purpose of this essay is to examine how public libraries work with children's books, in other languages thanSwedish, regarding acquisitions. The purpose is also to describe what the libraries assignments are in regard tochildren with non-Swedish backgrounds. This is then put in a relation to the libraries democratic assignment.The main questions are: What are the libraries' assignments, as described in the libraries regulations? How do thelibraries work to fulfil their assignments?To answer these questions a survey in two parts has been carried out. The first is a study of the libraries'regulations, and various handbooks that serve as an inspiration for librarians.