Reading List

A comprehensive text on dyslexia. We recommend this text for all stakeholders!

A concise and readable text about dyslexia.

This should be required reading for all preservice teachers. If we were teaching college courses, this would be the text for Teaching Reading 101!

Anything Maryanne Wolf writes becomes wisdom literature and therefore should be read many times to reveal the trove of ideas tucked into each chapter. This book takes you on an odyssey of the Science of Reading.

A must read for any teacher wanting to support students with comprehending complex texts.

A comprehensive overview of the empirical studies in the Science of Reading field. This is an excellent textbook that can serve as a reference book for studies as you deepen your knowledge of reading research.

A practical reference book for phonics and morphology along with recommended instructional approaches.

A dense and highly technical text on the Science of Reading, including an explanation of Dehaene’s influential “neuronal recycling hypothesis.” Dehaene presents the Science of Reading through a transparently Darwinian evolutionary perspective, which may be off putting to some. Nonetheless, we recommend this text for the depth of its content regarding the Science of Reading.

An excellent introductory text to the Science of Reading written in a dense, yet approachable style that is characteristic of Willingham. One of our favorites!

A challenging text for those of us who were trained to be “guides on the side” while our students “discover” knowledge. The focus here is the power of explicit instruction. This should be a CORE reading for all young teachers.

If you enjoy dry wit and brilliance, this account of the Science of Reading alongside the history of reading in America will surely delight! Take heart with the ending.

With a warm and epistolary wit, Wolf reminds us of the 3 lives of a “good” society: 1) knowledge and information, 2) leisure, and 3) contemplation. She gently warns us of the dangers of forfeiting that last life of contemplation as we move from a literate society to one that’s beginning to outsource its knowledge to latest forms of technology.

A timely warning about the harms of EdTech and what we can do about it.

A text on retrieval practice and metacognitive feedback written by a cognitive scientist and an educator. Great information, though it at times can read as a bit self-congratulatory.

One of the most powerful books we've read on what works and what doesn't when trying to learn information. Our recommended starting place for learning about retrieval practice.