Adams, M. J. (1994). Beginning to read: Thinking and Learning about Print. MIT Press.
Adams, M. J., Foorman, B. R., Ludndber, I., & T. Beeler. (1998) Phonemic Awareness in Young Children: A Classroom Curriculum Brookes Publishing.
Aukerman, R. C. (1972). Approaches to Beginning Reading. John Wiley and Sons.
Balmuth, M. (1982). The roots of phonics: A historical introduction. McGraw-Hill
Beringer, V. W., & T. L. Richards. (2002) Brain Literacy for Educators and Psychologists, Academic Press.
Calkins, L. (2001). The art of teaching reading. Addison Wesley.
Caroline, Sister Mary, (1960) Breaking the Sound Barrier: A Phonics Handbook. MacMillan.
Carroll, J., & Chall, J. (1975) Toward a literate society. NY: McGraw-Hill.
Chall, J.S. (1967). Learning to read: The great debate. New
York: McGraw-Hill.
_____ (1976). The great debate: Ten years later, with a modest proposal for reading stages. Paper presented at the Conference on Theory and
Practice of Beginning Reading Instruction, University of Pittsburgh, Learning Research and Development.
Center, April 1976
_____ (1983). Stages of reading development. NY: McGraw-Hill.
_____ (1989) Learning to Read: The Great Debate, 20 Years Later--A Response to" Debunking the Great Phonics Myth." Phi Delta Kappan 70.7 : 521-38.
_____ (1989b) The Role of Phonics in the Teaching of Reading: A Position Paper Prepared for the Secretary of Education.
Dehaene, S. (2009). Reading in the brain: The science and evolution of a human invention . New York: Viking.
Diringer, D. (1943) The Alphabet: A Key to the History of Mankind. Hutchinson's.
Eide, D. (2011). Uncovering the Logic of English: A Common-Sense Solution to America's Literacy Crisis. Logic of English.
_____ (2022). How Your Brain Learns to Read. Logic of English.
Flesch, R. (1955). Why Johnny Can't Read: And What You Can Do About it. Harper and Row.
_____ (1983). Why Johnny Still Can't Read: A new look at the scandal of our schools. Harper Collins.
Hollowell, M. (2023) The Science of Reading in Action. TeacherGoals
Huey, E. B. (1908). The Psychology and Pedagogy of Reading: With a review of the history of reading and writing and of methods, texts, and hygiene in reading. Macmillan (1968 reprint: MIT Press)
Hughes, F. (1971). Reading and Writing Before School. St. Martins Press
Kress, J. E., & E. B. Fry, (2016) The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists, Jossey-Bass.
Mathews, M. M. (1976). Teaching to Read: Historically Considered. U. Chicago Press.
McGuinness, D. (1997). Why Our Children Can't Read And What We Can Do About It. Touchstone.
Meiklejohn, J. M. D. (1891) The Problem of Teaching to Read. Chambers, London and Edinburgh.
Orton, S. T. (1937). Reading, Writing and Speech Problems in Children. Pro-Ed.
Osborn, J. E., & Lehr, F. E. (1998). Literacy for All: Issues in Teaching and Learning. Guilford Press.
Reeder, R. (1900) The Historical Development of School Readers and Method in Teaching Reading. Ph.D. Thesis, Columbia University
Seidenberg, M. (2017). Language at the Speed of Sight: How we Read, Why So Many Cannot, and What Can Be Done About It. Basic Books.
Shaywitz, S. (2003) Overcoming Dyslexia. Vintage.
Smith, F. (2004) Understanding Reading: A Psycholinguistic Analysis of Reading and Learning to Read. Routledge
Venezky, R. (1987), "A History of the American Reading Textbook," in The Elementary School Journal>, Vol.87, No. 3.
Venezky, R. (1990), American Primers:Guide to the microfiche collection University Publications of America:
An Imprint of Congressional Information Service.
Venezky, R. (1999), The American Way of Spelling, Guilford Press.
Willingham, D. (2017) The Reading Mind. Jossey-Bass.
Wolf, M. Proust and the Squid. Harper.
Pronounce Alphabet