This issue of the Caribbean Journal of Education is dedicated to Dudley Ransford Brandyce (D. R. B.) Grant, fondly regarded in the English-speaking Caribbean as the “father of early childhood education”. Much of his working life was spent in advocacy for early childhood education in Jamaica, and indeed the wider Caribbean. He was indefatigable, his commitment unwavering, and his achievements phenomenal. His infectious enthusiasm awakened community interest and involvement and captured government support for the cause (especially in Jamaica), in a manner unprecedented in the region.