Books on Reading and Writing
Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at any Level
Shaywitz, Sally. (2005).
From one of the world’s leading experts on reading and dyslexia, the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and practical book yet to help us understand, identify, and overcome the reading problems that plague American children today. Clear, practical, science-based information and advice for successful results.
The Sounds and Spelling Patterns of English: Phonics for Teachers and Parents
Fischer, Phyllis E.
This book presents an overview of the structure of written words that shows readers how the sounds of English are paired with their spelling patterns. It delineates, carelfully and clearly, the task of decoding written English, providing theconceptrual background necessary for informed discussions about how best to help students learn the phonics skills.
Got Dyslexa?
Pritchard, Heather. (2011).
Matthew has trouble reading because of something called dyslexia. When he learns he’s getting a new teacher, he’s a little nervous. Will Mr. Hanke be the teacher Matthew needs? Can Matthew finally believe that he can do well and have fun in school? Heather Pritchard is a teacher in Whittier, California and wrote this book as a tribute to her son.
A Walk in the Rain with a Brain
Hallowell, Edward M. M.D. (2004).
Each brain finds its own special way — that’s the message in this delightful, colorful story by America’s foremost expert on learning and childhood development.
Grammar Girl Presents the Ultimate Writing guide for Students
Fogarty, Mignon, (2011).
For beginners to more advanced students, this guide covers it all: the parts of speech, sentences, and punctuation are all explained clearly and concisely with the warmth, wit, and accessibility Grammar Girl is known for. Complete with a writing style chapter and a guide to the different kinds of writing–everything from school papers to letter writing to e-mails–this guide is sure to become the one-stop, essential book on every student’s desk.
From ABC to ADHD: What Every Parent Should Know About Dyslexia.
Tridas, Eric Q. (2007).
International Dyslexia Association.
An understandable, reliable source of information for parents of a child with a developmental or behavioral problem. Written by an experienced team of physician and neuropsycholobists, this essention guide walks parents through topics that include the role of attention in reading; the causes of ADHD and dyslexia; and a range of instructional, behavioral, and medical management strategies, including a detailed analysis of medications and their side effects. 2007 International Dyslexia Association
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! (For Children)
Truss, Lynne (Author) & Timmons, Bonnie (Illustrator). (2006).
Illuminating the comical confusion the lowly comma can cause, this new edition of Eats, Shoots & Leaves uses lively, subversive illustrations to show how misplacing or leaving out a comma can change the meaning of a sentence completely. This picture book is sure to elicit gales of laughter—and better punctuation—from all who read it.
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (For Adults).
Truss, Lynne. (2004).
In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Lynne Truss, gravely concerned about our current grammatical state, boldly defends proper punctuation. She proclaims, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very English way, that it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them as the wonderful and necessary things they are. Using examples from literature, history, neighborhood signage, and her own imagination, Truss shows how meaning is shaped by commas and apostrophes, and the hilarious consequences of punctuation gone awry.
My Dyslexia
Schultz, Philip. (2010).
Despite winning the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2008, Philip Schultz could never shake the feeling of being exiled to the “dummy class” in school, where he was largely ignored by his teachers and peers and not expected to succeed. Not until many years later, when his oldest son was diagnosed with dyslexia, did Schultz realize that he suffered from the same condition.
In his moving memoir, Schultz traces his difficult childhood and his new understanding of his early years. In doing so, he shows how a boy who did not learn to read until he was eleven went on to become a prize-winning poet by sheer force of determination. His balancing act—life as a member of a family with not one but two dyslexics, countered by his intellectual and creative successes as a writer—reveals an inspiring story of the strengths of the human mind.
Games for Reading: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Read
Kaye, Peggy.
Games for Reading helps children read by doing just what kids like best: playing games. There is a “bingo” game that helps children learn vocabulary. There is a rhyming game that helps them hear letter sounds more accurately. There are mazes and puzzles, games that train the eye to see patterns of letters, games that train the ear so a child can sound out words, games that awaken a child’s imagination and creativity, and games that provide the right spark to fire a child’s enthusiasm for reading.
Annotations excerpted from Google.com and Amazon.com
Shaywitz, Sally. (2005).
From one of the world’s leading experts on reading and dyslexia, the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and practical book yet to help us understand, identify, and overcome the reading problems that plague American children today. Clear, practical, science-based information and advice for successful results.
The Sounds and Spelling Patterns of English: Phonics for Teachers and Parents
Fischer, Phyllis E.
This book presents an overview of the structure of written words that shows readers how the sounds of English are paired with their spelling patterns. It delineates, carelfully and clearly, the task of decoding written English, providing theconceptrual background necessary for informed discussions about how best to help students learn the phonics skills.
Got Dyslexa?
Pritchard, Heather. (2011).
Matthew has trouble reading because of something called dyslexia. When he learns he’s getting a new teacher, he’s a little nervous. Will Mr. Hanke be the teacher Matthew needs? Can Matthew finally believe that he can do well and have fun in school? Heather Pritchard is a teacher in Whittier, California and wrote this book as a tribute to her son.
A Walk in the Rain with a Brain
Hallowell, Edward M. M.D. (2004).
Each brain finds its own special way — that’s the message in this delightful, colorful story by America’s foremost expert on learning and childhood development.
Grammar Girl Presents the Ultimate Writing guide for Students
Fogarty, Mignon, (2011).
For beginners to more advanced students, this guide covers it all: the parts of speech, sentences, and punctuation are all explained clearly and concisely with the warmth, wit, and accessibility Grammar Girl is known for. Complete with a writing style chapter and a guide to the different kinds of writing–everything from school papers to letter writing to e-mails–this guide is sure to become the one-stop, essential book on every student’s desk.
From ABC to ADHD: What Every Parent Should Know About Dyslexia.
Tridas, Eric Q. (2007).
International Dyslexia Association.
An understandable, reliable source of information for parents of a child with a developmental or behavioral problem. Written by an experienced team of physician and neuropsycholobists, this essention guide walks parents through topics that include the role of attention in reading; the causes of ADHD and dyslexia; and a range of instructional, behavioral, and medical management strategies, including a detailed analysis of medications and their side effects. 2007 International Dyslexia Association
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! (For Children)
Truss, Lynne (Author) & Timmons, Bonnie (Illustrator). (2006).
Illuminating the comical confusion the lowly comma can cause, this new edition of Eats, Shoots & Leaves uses lively, subversive illustrations to show how misplacing or leaving out a comma can change the meaning of a sentence completely. This picture book is sure to elicit gales of laughter—and better punctuation—from all who read it.
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (For Adults).
Truss, Lynne. (2004).
In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Lynne Truss, gravely concerned about our current grammatical state, boldly defends proper punctuation. She proclaims, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very English way, that it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them as the wonderful and necessary things they are. Using examples from literature, history, neighborhood signage, and her own imagination, Truss shows how meaning is shaped by commas and apostrophes, and the hilarious consequences of punctuation gone awry.
My Dyslexia
Schultz, Philip. (2010).
Despite winning the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2008, Philip Schultz could never shake the feeling of being exiled to the “dummy class” in school, where he was largely ignored by his teachers and peers and not expected to succeed. Not until many years later, when his oldest son was diagnosed with dyslexia, did Schultz realize that he suffered from the same condition.
In his moving memoir, Schultz traces his difficult childhood and his new understanding of his early years. In doing so, he shows how a boy who did not learn to read until he was eleven went on to become a prize-winning poet by sheer force of determination. His balancing act—life as a member of a family with not one but two dyslexics, countered by his intellectual and creative successes as a writer—reveals an inspiring story of the strengths of the human mind.
Games for Reading: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Read
Kaye, Peggy.
Games for Reading helps children read by doing just what kids like best: playing games. There is a “bingo” game that helps children learn vocabulary. There is a rhyming game that helps them hear letter sounds more accurately. There are mazes and puzzles, games that train the eye to see patterns of letters, games that train the ear so a child can sound out words, games that awaken a child’s imagination and creativity, and games that provide the right spark to fire a child’s enthusiasm for reading.
Annotations excerpted from Google.com and Amazon.com