Table of Contents

1. The Most Natural Act in the World; 2. Learning to Be a Reader; 3. The Limitations of Phonics; 4. Reading - From Behind the Eyes; 5. Bottlenecks of Memory; 6. Language and Meaning; 7. Constructing a Theory of the World; 8. Letters, Words, and Meanings; 9. Joining the Club of Readers; 10. The Importance of Teachers; 11. Labels and Fables.

About the Author

Frank Smith has been a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, the University of Toronto, the University of Victoria, British Columbia, and the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa