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Books currently in print:

[RfR11 cover]
Reading for Results
11th edition

[RfT5 cover]
Reading for Thinking
6th edition

[RKeys3 cover]
Reading Keys
3rd edition

[RMatters cover]
Reading Matters

[WCount cover]
Words Count

[WMatter cover]
Words Matter

Additional information and support for each of the six books:

Note: Chapter-specific Power Points are available for the 11th edition. Key concept Power Points are available for the 10th edition. Go to Key Concepts for details.

[RfR cover]

[RfT6 cover]

[RKeys3 cover]

Reading for Results
About the 11th edition

Online practice plus
other materials (11th ed.):

  • Interactive, self-scoring exercises
    for each chapter
  • Handouts
  • Word lists

Additional materials (10th ed.):

  • Syllabus
  • In-class qizzes
Online practice plus
other materials (10th ed.):

Handouts and questionnaires

Key concepts

Links to useful sites

Jordan Fabish's eloquent essay on reading aloud in the class room

Reading for Thinking
About the 6th edition...

Additional materials:

  • Syllabus
  • In-class qizzes and exams
  • Suggestions for teaching each chapter
  • Exercises for specific skills
  • Tutorial on fact and opinion
  • Handout on allusions (more to come)

Online practice
Handouts and questionnaires
Key concepts
Links to useful sites

Reading Keys
More follows soon
about the 3rd edition.
More about the 2nd edition...

Additional material:

  • Syllabus
  • Suggestions for teaching ← new
  • In-class tests
  • Handouts on stories behind words
  • Interactive, self-scoring exercises on key reading skills
Handouts and questionnaires
Key concepts


[RMatters cover]

[WCount cover]

[WMatter cover]

Reading Matters
More about the 1st edition...

Key concepts

Words Count
More about the 1st edition...

Additional exercises:

  • Two additional sets of interactive exercises for each chapter

Words Matter
More about the 1st edition...

Additional exercises:

  • Two additional sets of interactive exercises for each chapter


Last change made to this page: March 22, 2010

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