Introduction; Part 1 How children learn to read; Chapter 1 How children learn; Chapter 2 The process of learning to read; Chapter 3 The skills of learning to read; Chapter 4 Impediments to learning to read; Part 2 Early reading; Chapter 5 Auditory perception; Chapter 6 Visual perception; Chapter 7 Psychomotor skills; Chapter 8 Attitudes to reading; Part 3 The first stages of reading; Chapter 9 Helping children to read; Chapter 10 Letters; Chapter 11 Letter blends; Chapter 12 Word building; Chapter 13 Reading for meaning; Part 4 Developing reading skills; Chapter 14 Fluent reading; Chapter 15 The use of books; Chapter 16 Part Icular problems in learning to read; Chapter 17 Assessment; Part 5 Extending reading skills; Chapter 18 The uses of literacy; Chapter 19 The experience of reading; Chapter 20 The reading curriculum;