Book excerpt: Contents: Goals of Reading Instruction, Organising for Reading Instruction, Reading and the Structure of the English Language, Affective Objectives in Reading, Reading and Writing in the Curriculum, Speaking Activities and Reading, Reading in the Primary Grades, Reading on the Intermediate Grade Level, Phonics in the Teaching of Reading, Reading Poetry in the Language Arts, Spelling and the Language Arts, Reading and Literature for Children, Reading and Vocabulary Development, The Psychology of Teaching Reading, The Teacher, Reading and Parents, The Reading and Parents, The Reading Curriculum, Speaking and the Pupil, Principles of Learning and the Teaching of Reading, Computer Literacy in the Public Schools, Supervision in the Reading Curriculum, Reading and the Pupil in the Challenging Curriculum, Grouping for Instruction in Reading, Staff Development and Reading.