Hayes, Elisabeth E.Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education. Rev. ed. Wiley, 2000. An authoritative reference from the American Association of Adult and Continuing Education.
Freire, Paulo, and Donaldo Macedo.Literacy: Reading the Word and the World. Bergin & Garvey, 1987. Provocative discussion on ties of literacy to culture and politics, and on Freire's methods of teaching adults.
Hamilton, Sharon Jean.My Name's Not Susie: A Life Transformed by Literacy. Heinemann, 1997. The author tells of her lonely existence as a child who was moved from one foster home to another until she was adopted by a woman who taught her to read. The author later became a professor of English.
Kozol, Jonathan.Illiterate America. New American Library Trade, 1988. Includes suggestions on how to help teach reading skills to the illiterate.
Bettelheim, Bruno, and Karen Zelan.On Learning to Read. Knopf, 1982. The value of reading and how children are mistaught.
Flesch, Rudolf.Why Johnny Still Can't Read. Harper & Row, 1981, 1983. Evaluation of programs advocates the phonic system.
Freire, Paulo, and Donaldo Macedo.Literacy: Reading the Word and the World. Bergin & Garvey, 1987. Provocative discussion on ties of literacy to culture and politics, and on Freire's methods of teaching adults.
Itzkoff, Seymour W.Children Learning to Read: A Guide for Parents and Teachers. Praeger, 1996. Includes a clear presentation of the learning stages through which children must pass in order to become fluent, independently literate readers and writers.
Johnson, Katie.Doing Words. Houghton Mifflin, 1987. Describes how the author teaches first-graders to read by having them create their own texts.
Leonhardt, Mary.Keeping Kids Reading: How to Raise Avid Readers in the Video Age. Crown, 1996. A guide designed to encourage youngsters of all ages to develop and retain a love of reading. Provides recommended reading lists for various age groups and interests.
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