Laraine Flemming

Textbook Author and Teacher

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Please note there are new editions for Reading for Results and Reading for Thinking, with a new edition for Reading Keys on the way!

Those of you who use my books have often commented on my husband's photos of animals, which illustrate some of the paragraphs. While I'm not especially objective, I also think he has a gift for revealing animal personalities. That gift is now on display in his book Animal Portraits, available on Amazon. I hope you'll take a look.

Kindle version • paperback version

Books currently in print:

Reading Resources:

Available upon request from your Cengage representative:

• Chapter-specific Power Points for Reading for Results (11^th ed.) and Reading for Thinking (7^th ed.).
• Chapter-specific Power Points for Reading for Results (12^th and 13^th ed.)
• Visual Aids Power Points for Reading for Results and Reading for Thinking.
• Chapter-specific Power Points for Reading Keys (4^th ed.).
• Key Concept Power Points for all three books in my reading series.

Building Background Knowledge

Handouts and Questionnaires

New: For struggling teachers everywhere

Key Concepts in Reading:

Difference Between Topic Sentence and Main Idea

Drawing Logical Inferences

New: Drawing Inferences in Fiction