Current issues in bilingualism: Cognitive and socio-linguistic perspectives, is a valuable compilation of empirical studies conducted in Israel on different bilingual and multilingual populations. The various studies investigate different aspects of additional language acquisition. The well written introduction sets the stage for the three sections by describing "the language and literacy… multilingual mosaic of Israel" (Leikin, Schwartz & Tobin, p. 2) where Hebrew, Arabic, English, Russian and Amharic all feature as first or additional languages and literacies. Due to limitations regarding the scope of this review, the main focus will be on the first section of the book followed by some highlights from the third section.