About the Author

Jan Richardson, Ph.D., is the bestselling author of The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading, an educational consultant, and a leading expert in guided reading with experience as a Reading Recovery(R) teacher leader, a staff developer, and a teacher of every grade--K-12.

Michele Dufresne, Ph.D., a literacy staff developer for Pioneer Valley Books, has been a classroom teacher, language arts specialist, a Reading Recovery(R) teacher leader, and consultant in school districts across Massachusetts and the nation. She is the author of several literacy professional resource guides and books for teachers including Word Solvers: Making Sense of Letters and Sound and numerous children's books, including Bella and Rosie, Jasper the Cat, and Spaceboy stories published by Pioneer Valley Books