Information on Books About Reading

On this page I will share my thoughts on books about reading. I will include books about comprehension, fluency, and the many processes of learning how to read.

Since these books can touch on a variety of topics, I suggest you check them out from your local library and see what works best for your situation.

Check this page often, since I will be adding more of my thoughts on books about reading as I find them or as they are recommended to me.

List of Books About Reading

By Cathy Collins Block and Susan E. Israel

This book is a great resource for classroom teachers and those who home school. It explains the process of learning to read, gives great examples and book suggestions. It explains the connection between being able to read and write well.

edited by Linda B. Gambrell, Lesley Mandel Morrow, and Michael Pressley

Some books about reading contain the results of a lot of research and are written like a textbook. This is one of those books. The activities they do discuss are some that are on other pages of my site. If it helps you to read about the research of why and how an activity works, this book is one you should look through.

Reading Success for Struggling Adolescent Learners

edited by Susan Lenski and Jill Lewis

I have found few books about reading that address helping the adolescent learner. This book has a lot of the activities that I have covered on other pages of my site, but it takes up to the middle school level. They also discuss ways to involve the child more through conversations about books, since struggling students tend to become withdrawn. I can see this book being helpful to teachers and parents of this unique group of kids.

Teaching the Brain to Read – Strategies for Improving Fluency, Vocabulary and Comprehension

by Judy Willis, MD

I feel there need to be more books about reading and the process the learner's brain goes through to learn how to read. This book explains that process in everyday language. Some of the activities I have written about on other pages of my site. This book would be useful for teachers and parents. I see this book being helpful is finding a starting point for interventions for a child who seems to be missing a step in the process of learning to read.

Learning Disabilities – From Identification to Intervention

by Jack M. Fletcher, G. Reis Lyon, Lynn S. Fuchs, and Marcia A. Barnes

This book details learning disabilities from identification to interventions for reading, writing, and math. This would be useful for a classroom teacher or parent of a child with disabilities. This book would be a good way for a parent to learn some of the terms used by educators in meeting about their child.

Extensive Reading Activities for Teaching Language Edited by Julian Bamford and Richard R. Day

This book explains a program that involves reading activities to improve language skills. Each activity has a level, aim, preparation, procedure, and variations to the procedures. The authors also encourage the people using the activities to tweak them to better suit their needs.

written by Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher

Being able to read for information is an important skill while in school and for life. This book is a great source of books and activities to help your child master this important skill. I feel it would help both the classroom teacher, those teaching at home, even those who children could use some help boosting this skill during the summer break from school.

written by Dolores G. Hiskes

Since phonics are an important part of learning, I am including this book in my list of books about reading. This is a great book for beginner readers and those struggling with reading.

Phonics are the sounds that letters make on their own and with other letters. This book begins with short vowel sounds and builds those into words and phrases. It then goes into other sounds and letter combinations and as new things to learn are added, you review what has been taught. From sounds to words, phrases and sentences. There are also some fun games to play!

This book would be a great addition to a teacher's classroom, a parent who wants to help their beginning or struggling reader, or a home school situation.

written by Nathan Barber

The majority of this book consists of explanations of types of reading and passages followed by questions with answers to help the middle and high school aged student improve their reading comprehension.

However, there were some tips that could help any reader improve their understanding of what they are reading. In fact, after I read about them, I remembered using some of these same techniques in the classroom with my elementary students.

written by Adrienne Herrell and Michael Jordan.

Looking through this book, I found a lot of the activities I had used in my classroom. There are activities in this book are also in the other books I have written about on my site.

This book is geared toward teachers, however, there are ideas that can be used at home for reinforcing what is learned at school or adapted to a home school situation.

By Adrienne L. Herrell and Michael Jordan

I thought this book looked familiar! I like the way this book is organized. Each activity is explained very well and then examples are shown as to how the activity was used in a classroom setting.

This book would be useful for a classroom teacher, home school situation, and for a parent looking for activities to help their child at home.

I have shared many of the activities, such as the word collecting on another page of my site. This book contains activities that will help beginning readers and those struggling with note taking skills.

written by Kathleen Feeney Jonson

As a teacher, I usually would not use books about reading that included strategies for such a wide range of grade levels; however, the activities in this book are well explained and are easy to make adjustments for each level.

While this book is written for teachers to use in their classrooms, many of the activities can be easily used at home to enhance what is learned at school or for a homeschooling situation.

written by Yola Center

This is one of the books about reading that reminded me of a college textbook from the way it is written. It does have some of the ideas I have presented on my site and explains more of the process of learning how to read.

written by Neal A. Glasgow and Thomas S. C. Farrell

This is one of the books about reading and literacy strategies you ahould look through if you appreciate knowing the “why” behind reading strategies. Each strategy is presented explaining what the research says, classroom applications, precautions and possible pitfalls, and the current research source.

written by Timothy V. Rasinski

The more I read through this book, I remembered I owned it when I was a classroom teacher. I used a lot of the techniques in this book in my classroom. This is a great book for school to have in their professional libraries for their staff to use. It would also be helpful for those home schooling to find ideas!

written by Linda K. Rath, Ed.D, and Louise Kennedy

This is a great book for parents who want to help their children learn to read! It provides clear explanations of the process of learning to read, it has book lists for preschoolers through third grade, and also has check lists for each of those grade levels. You'll find many grade appropriate reading activities by grade level. This book also includes suggestions if your child is struggling with the reading process.

This book would be a great benefit for parents who are homeschooling their children. I would also suggest this book for teachers as a resource of information for the parents of their students.

edited by Jeanne Shay Schumm

This book is a collection of reading assessments and details on how to interpret them. I feel it would be helpful resource for a school to have on hand for their teachers. It also includes the contact information of different reading organizations.

written by Robert B. Ruddell

This book contains so much valuable information; it is hard to know where to begin!

There are many definitions of reading terms, activities, suggested books to read, suggested sites to visit, and so much more! This is one of the few books about reading that I would recommend to classroom teachers, reading specialists, and those who are homeschooling.

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