"This is a well-judged, well-balanced and timely book. It takes a serious, down-to-earth look at reading and writing as psychological processes. These processes are demonstrable over and above any fads and fashions in teaching. Rather, they can inform teaching practice, and this really is the central concern of this book... Of course, there is always a gap between laboratory and classroom, but this book will act as an enthusiastic and well-informed go-betwee." Uta Frith, MRC Cognitive Development Unit, London "A Worthwhile addition to an overcrowded field...the contributors do have something to add to the canon. It is clearly written and will be immediately comprehensible to tachers and students." Denis Vincent, University of East London, and co-editor of the Journal of Research in Reading