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The team at American Reading Company recommends the following books about reading instruction

Allington, Richard L.
What Really Matters for Struggling Readers: Designing Research-Based Programs
Allyn & Bacon, 2000

Broaddus, Karen, Melinda Gay Ivey, Jo Worthy
Pathways to Independence: Reading, Writing and Learning in Grades 3–8
Guilford, 2001

Hagerty, Patricia
Readers’ Workshop (Grades 1–6)
Scholastic, 1999

Leonahardt, Mary
Parents Who Love Reading, Kids Who Don’t: How It Happens and What You Can Do About It
Crown, 1993

Allen, Janet
Yellow Brick Roads: Shared and Guided Paths to Independent Reading 4–12
Stenhouse, 2000

Allen, Janet
On the Same Page: Shared Reading Beyond the Primary Grades
Guilford , 2002

Tatum, Beverly Daniel
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together In The Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race: A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity
Basic, 2003

Santiago, Esmeralda
When I Was Puerto Rican
Vintage, 1994

Hamilton, Rebecca L., Linda Kucan, Margaret G. McKeown
Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction
Guilford , 2002

Hamilton, Rebecca L., Linda Kucan, Margaret G. McKeown
Questioning the Author: An Approach for Enhancing Student Engagement With Text
International Reading Association, 1997

Carson, Ben, and Cecil Murphey
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Zondervan, 1996

Keene, Ellin Oliver
I Read It, but I Don't Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers
Stenhouse, 2000

Thomas-El, Salome
I Choose to Stay: A Black Teacher Refuses to Desert the Inner City
Dafina, 2003

Tatum, Alfred
Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males: Closing the Achievement Gap
Stenhouse, 2005.

Marzano, Robert J.
Building Background Knowledge For Academic Achievement: Research On What Works In Schools. Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development
Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, 2004

Kunjufu, Jawanza
Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys
African American Images, 1990

Madhubuti, Haki R.
Black Men: Obsolete, Single, Dangerous?: The Afrikan American Family in Transition: Essays in Discovery, Solution and Hope
Third World, 1990

Rodriguez, Luis
Always Running
Touchstone, 1994

Delpit, Lisa
Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom
New Press, 1996

Krashen, Stephen D.
The Power of Reading, Second Edition: Insights from the Research
Libraries Unlimited, 2004

 

 
 
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