Reading Health Article

Books

Chall, Jeanne. Learning to Read: The Great Debate. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983.

Flesch, Rudolf. Why Johnny Still Can't Read: A New Look at the Scandal of Our Schools. New York: Harper & Row, 1981.

Jacobs, Vicki A., and Luke E. Baldwin. The Reading Crisis: Why Poor Children Fall Behind. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1990.

Leonhardt, Mary. Parents Who Love Reading, Kids Who Don't. New York: Crown Publishers, 1993.

Lipson, Eden Ross. The New York Times Parent's Guide to the Best Books for Children. New York: Random House, 1988.

McClain, Joan Brooks, and Gillian Dowley McNamee. Early Literacy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1990.

McCuen, Gary E. Illiteracy in America. Hudson, WI: GEM Publications, 1988.

Morrow, L. M. Literacy Development in the Early Years. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1993.

Rudman, Masha K., et al. For Love of Reading: A Parent's Guide to Encouraging Young Readers and Writers from Infancy through Age 5. New York: Consumer Reports Books, 1988.

Trelease, Jim. The Read-Aloud Handbook. 4th ed. New York: Penguin Books, 1995.

Vail, Priscilla L. Common Ground: Whole Language and Phonics Working Together. Rosemont, NJ: Modern Learning Press, 1991.

Organizations

National Clearinghouse on Literacy Education
Address: 1118 22nd St. NW
Washington, DC 20037
Telephone: (202) 429-9292

Literacy Volunteers of America
Address: 5795 Widewaters Parkway
Syracuse, NY 13214
Telephone: (315) 445-8000

Project Literacy U.S. (PLUS)
Address: Box 2
4802 Fifth Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

The National Center for Family Literacy
Address: Waterfront Plaza, Suite 200
325 W. Main St.
Louisville, KY 40202-4251
Telephone: (592) 584-1133

Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
Address: 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20560
Telephone: (202) 287-3220

Reading Reform Foundation
Address: 7054 East Indian School
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Telephone: (602) 946-3567