The Leading eBooks Store Online
for Kindle Fire, Apple, Android, Nook, Kobo, PC, Mac, Sony Reader...
Most popular at the top
Brushing History Against the Grain
Hong Kong University Press 2005; US$ 40.00This book explores some essential features of the Chinese new historical fiction (NHF) and its socio-cultural implications. It argues that the NHF constitutes an oppositional discourse that rejects, both the grand narrative of linear (revolutionary) history, which dominates Chinese official historiography, and naïve confidence in 'Chinese modernity.' more...
Developing Language and Literacy
Wiley 2011; US$ 110.00Developing Language and Literacy: Effective Intervention in the Early Years describes successful intervention programmes to improve the phonological skills, vocabulary, and grammar of young children at risk of reading difficulties. Presents two structured intervention programmes to provide support for young children with language and literacy difficulties... more...
The Great Literacy Debate
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 44.95The nature of literacy is an issue of global debate. When the National Literacy Strategy [NLS] was introduced into UK schools it was arguably the most ambitious educational reform programme in the world, and the controversy necessarily intensified. How can the impact of such reforms be assessed? In its ten year history the NLS affected every primary... more...
Teaching Literacy to Learners with Dyslexia
SAGE Publications 2011; US$ 58.00Activities, ideas and plans for teaching literacy to learners with dyslexia more...
Case Study Research: A Program Evaluation Guide for Librarians
ABC-CLIO 2011; US$ 50.00This enlightening book presents a hypothetical evaluation case study to explore and propose tools for effective library program assessment. more...
Creating Room to Read
Penguin Group US 2013; US$ 14.99The inspirational story of a former Microsoft executive?s quest to build libraries around the world and share the love of books What?s happened since John Wood left Microsoft to change the world? Just ask six million kids in the poorest regions of Asia and Africa. In 1999, at the age of thirty-five, Wood quit a lucrative career to found the nonprofit... more...
Beyond Initial Reading
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 105.00This book sets out a clear and logical framework for the teaching of reading throughout different age groups, whereby systematic progression can be developed within a structured framework. A detailed set of recommendations are offered and are both illustrated and justified, for the teacher to examine and use. Much has been written about the importance... more...
Academic Language! Academic Literacy!
SAGE Publications 2009; US$ 31.95This practical guide provides 36 hands-on strategies for helping ELLs learn the necessary skills to decipher academic language in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. more...
No Limits to Literacy for Preschool English Learners
SAGE Publications 2009; US$ 33.95Combining theory with proven teaching strategies, this resource helps preschool educators produce strong language and literacy outcomes for English learners ages 3 to 5. more...
Adult ESL/Literacy From the Community to the Community
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 43.95Adult ESL/Literacy from the Community to the Community: A Guidebook for Participatory Literacy Training tells the story of a university-community collaboration to develop, implement, and evaluate a project designed to train immigrants and refugees as adult ESL and native literacy instructors in their own communities. Beyond the story of this one... more...









