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Beard, R. Teaching Literacy: Balancing Perspectives. Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. Perceptive analysis of different approaches to the teaching of reading.

Bryant, P., and Bradley, L. Children's Reading Problems. Blackwell, 1985. Research-based discussion of reading difficulties.

Cambourne, B., and Turbill, J. Responsive Evaluation: Making Valid Judgements about Student Literacy. Heinemann, 1995. Australian views on assessing reading progress.

Clay, M. M. Becoming Literate: the Construction of Inner Control. Heinemann, 1994. Valuable insights on reading and reading recovery from a New Zealand literacy expert.

Furnell, E., and Stuart, S. Learning to Read. Blackwell, 1994. A psychological approach to the reading process.

Goody, J. The Domestication of the Savage Mind. Cambridge University Press, 1979. An exploration of the impact of literacy on various cultures.

Goswami, U., and Bryant, P. Phonological Skills and Learning to Read. Laurence Erlbaum, 1990. Research-based examination of links between awareness of rhyme and phonology and reading success.

Harrison, C., and Coles, M. The Reading for Real Handbook. Routledge, 1992. A comprehensive introduction to the teaching of reading.

Littlefair, A. Reading All Types of Writing. Open University Press, 1991. A useful discussion of the challenges presented by different genres of text.

Luke, A. Literacy, Textbooks and Ideology. Falmer Press, 1988. An analysis of the political issues underpinning literacy education, with a specific focus upon Canada.

Meek, M. How Texts Teach What Readers Learn. The Thimble Press, 1988. A thoughtful and perceptive discussion of the reading process and the reader's search for meaning.

Miller, L. Towards Reading. Open University Press, 1996. An examination of literacy development in the pre-school years.

Perera, K. Children's Reading and Writing. Blackwell, 1984. Detailed linguistic analyses of text written by and for children and of the demands made upon readers.

Russell, P. The Brain Book. Routledge, 1979. Chapter 14 focuses upon reading and introduces neurological information.

Smith, F. Reading. Cambridge University Press, 1985. American perspective on literacy education, focusing on a club of readers and writers.

Vygotsky, L. Mind in Society: the Development of Higher Mental Processes. Harvard University Press, 1978. The work of a Russian psychologist, published posthumously. An important challenge to traditionally accepted approaches to learning with increased emphasis on the social nature of learning language.

Wells, G. The Meaning Makers. Heinemann, 1987. Based upon a longitudinal research study, which followed children's experiences of language and literacy at home and then at school.