Abstract
The use of bilingual books represents an interesting means of supporting the development of emergent literacy skills among young multilingual children. The family practices that surround these books have, however, remain little explored. In this exploratory study, in order to document the use of this type of book by multilingual families, six parent-child dyads were filmed during the repeated reading of two bilingual books. Our analysis has been focused on the use the parents and children make of the various resources of their linguistic repertoire in order to read and discuss the books. A variety of practices surrounding the use of bilingual books have been observed, thereby highlighting the importance of taking different factors into account when considering an intervention based on using bilingual books in/among multilingual families.
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