Book reviewed in this article:DE CASTELL, S., LAKE, A. AND KIERAN E. (eds)GARDNER K. (1986)Reading in Today's Schools.EVANS, T. (1987)English in the Primary School.PEARSON, H. (1987)Children Becoming Readers.TOVEY, D. R. and KERBER. J. E. (eds) (1986)Roles in Literacy Learning.NASH, w. (1986)English Usage. A Guide to First Principles.DAVIES, F. (1986)Books in the School Curriculum.INGHAM. J. with BROWN, v. (1986)The State of Reading.ADAMS. J. (1986)The Conspiracy of the Text: theplace of narrative in thedevelopment of thought.HARRIS. R. (1986)The Origin of Writing.READ, c. (1986)Children's Creative Spelling.WEBSTER, A. and MCONNELL. c. (1987)Children with Speech and Language Difficulties.KIERAS, D. E. and JUST, M. A. (eds) (1984)New Methods in Reading Comprehension Research.