Results for "Wolf, Maryanne"

“Wolf restores our awe of the human brain—its adaptability, its creativity, and its ability to connect with other minds through a procession of silly squiggles.” — San Francisco Chronicle How do people learn to read and write—and how has the development of these skills transformed the brain and the ... Read More about Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

The author of the acclaimed Proust and the Squid follows up with a lively, ambitious, and deeply informative book that considers the future of the reading brain and our capacity for critical thinking, empathy, and reflection as we become increasingly dependent on digital technologies. A decade ago, ... Read More about Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World

The updated second edition of Unlocking Literacy is here--and now pre- and inservice educators will have the very latest research and practical guidance on teaching good reading and spelling skills. Developed for general and special educators of students from prekindergarten to middle school and bey... Read More about Unlocking Literacy: Effective Decoding and Spelling Instruction, Second Edition

The author of the acclaimed Proust and the Squid follows up with a lively, ambitious, and deeply informative book that considers the future of the reading brain and our capacity for critical thinking, empathy, and reflection as we become increasingly dependent on digital technologies. A decade ago, ... Read More about Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World

The Literary Agenda is a series of short polemical monographs about the importance of literature and of reading in the wider world and about the state of literary education inside schools and universities. The category of "the literary" has always been contentious. What is clear, however, is how inc... Read More about Tales of Literacy for the 21st Century: The Literary Agenda