96 pages
A5
ISBN-10: 1 85856 164 7
ISBN-13: 978 185856 164 6
Published July 1999

This is the most recent of the annual guides by the National Literacy Trust to books in the English language on all aspects of literacy. The editors are based at Sheffield University and they bring, along with their enthusiasm, an academic and analytical eye to the entries. Their remit for 'literacy' is wide and this list of 1998 publications - with author and title indexes - is divided into:

Books on Literacy
o perspectives on literacy
o literacy in the early and primary years
o literacy in the secondary years
o literacy for young adults and adults

Books on Particular Strands of Literacy
o focus on reading
o focus on writing
o focus on language

Books on Specific Issues
o special needs
o assessment
o family literacy
o libraries

Reference Books

The book is an authoritative and essential guide for teachers, researchers, librarians, undergraduate and postgraduate students and all concerned with literacy, its uses and effects.

... a valuable resource for college libraries ...- School Librarian