Bibliography

Anderson, R. C., Hiebert, E. H., Scott, J. A., & Wilkinson, I. A. G. (1985).

Becoming a Nation of Readers: The Report of the Commission on Reading. Champaign, IL: Center for the Study of Reading; Washington, DC: National Institute of Education.

Dickinson, D. K., & Tabors, P. O. (2001). Beginning Literacy with Language:

Young Children Learning at Home and School. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

Gopnik, A., Meltzoff, A. N., & Kuhl, P. K. (2000). The Scientist in the Crib. New

York: Harper Perennial.

National Reading Panel. (2000). Teaching Children to Read: An Evidence-Based

Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction. Washington, DC: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Snow, C. E., Burns, M. S., & Griffin, P. (Eds.). (1998). Preventing Reading Difficulties

in Young Children. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Suggested reading for parents and caregivers

Here are some books that can provide you with more information about early reading and writing.

Apel, K., & Masterson, J. (2001). Beyond Baby Talk: From Sounds to Sentences,

a Parent’s Guide to Language Development. Roseville, CA: Prima Publishing.

Armbruster, B. B., Lehr, F., & Osborn, J. (2001). Put Reading First: The Research

Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read: Kindergarten Through Grade 3. Washington, DC: National Institute for Literacy (available online at www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading)

Burns, M. S., Griffin, P., & Snow, C. E. (Eds.). (1999). Starting Out Right: A Guide to

Promoting Children’s Reading Success. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.