Publishers are offering a profusion of new choices for beginning readers this year. Here’s a closer look at some of the best new possibilities for children learning to read: • Young readers can ...

Melissa Taylor is a former teacher and literacy trainer as well as a mother of two, blogger, and children’s book expert. She created and writes the popular blog Imagination Soup. She is also a ...

The “reading wars” have raged from most of the past century. Most often characterized as between the advocates of “phonics” versus “whole language” in early reading instruction, this “Great Debate” is ...