Kentucky Adult Educator's  Literacy Institute
      
Answering the Call for Adult Literacy in Kentucky

Bibliography of Suggested Literature

Readers and Writers with a Difference : A Holistic Approach to Teaching Struggling Readers and Writers
Lynn Knebel Rhodes  Curt Dudley-Marling


 
Americans' Favorite Poems
by Robert Pinsky (Editor), Maggie Dietz (Editor), Favorite Poem ProjectU.S.
Material World: A Global Family Portrait
by Peter Menzel, Charles C. Mann (Contributor), Paul Kennedy, Sierra Club
 
Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds
by Barry Moser (Illustrator), Cynthia Rylant (Author)
 
The Greatest Stories Never Told : 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy
by Rick Beyer (Author)
Life Is So Good
by George Dawson, Richard Glaubman

Quiltmaker's Gift
by Jeff Brumbeau, Gail De Marcken (Illustrator)
 
Ellen Foster
by Kaye Gibbons
 

 

Holes
by
Louis Sachar

 

 

Stay Tuned: Television's Unforgettable Moments
by Joe Garner
 
 

Resources for Planning Core Concepts
KAELI Participants may find these resources helpful as they build libraries to support their instruction. 

Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach : The Power of Dialogue in Educating Adults
by Jane Vella
The Complete Theory-To-Practice Handbook of Adult Literacy : Curriculum Design and Teaching Approaches (Language and Literacy, No 1)
by Rena Soifer

(good first chapters, but dated otherwise)
Taking Learning to Task: Creative Strategies for Teaching Adults
by Jane Kathryn Vella
Literacy Shutdown : Stories of Six American Women
by Daphne Key
Women in the Material World
by Faith D'Aluisio, Peter Menzel, Naomi Wolf
We Interrupt This Broadcast: The Events That Stopped Our Lives...from the Hindenburg to the Death of John F. Kennedy Jr. (2nd Edition)
The Other Side
by Jacqueline Woodson
, Earl B. Lewis (Illustrator)
The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
by Caroline Kennedy (Editor)
To Market, to Market
by Anne Miranda
, Janet Stevens (Illustrator)
 

Now We Read, We See, We Speak : Portrait of Literacy Development in an Adult Freirean-Based Class
by Victoria Purcell-Gates, Robin Waterman
Literacy in the Cyberage
by R. W. Burniske
Tips at Your Fingertips : Teaching Strategies for Adult Literacy Tutors
by Ola M. Brown (Editor)
Web-Based Training : Using Technology to Design Adult Learning Experiences
by Margaret Driscoll, Larry Alexander
Enriching Our Lives : Poetry Lessons for Adult Literacy Teachers and Tutors
by Pat Rigg, Francis E. Kazemek

What Is Literacy : Selected Definitions and Essays from the Literacy Dictionary : The Vocabulary of Reading and Writing
by Richard E. Hodges (Editor)
In Forsaken Hands : How Theory Empowers Literacy Learners
by LA Vergne Rosow
Mentor : Guiding the Journey of Adult Learners (Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)
by Laurent A. Daloz
Training Through Dialogue : Promoting Effective Learning and Change With Adults (Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)
by Jane Kathryn Vella
A Guide for Planning and Implementing Instruction for Adults : A Theme-Based Approach (Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)
by John M. Dirkx, Suzanne Prenger (Contributor), G. Erlandson (Editor)
Rethinking Literacy Education : The Critical Need for Practice-Based Change (The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)
by
B. Allan Quigley

Locating and Correcting Reading Difficulties
by James L. Shanker, Eldon E. Ekwall, Judith A. Shanker

("recipe"-type book to serve as a reference/resource for adult literacy educators)
Other People's Words : The Cycle of Low Literacy
by Victoria Purcell-Gates, Victoria Purcell- Gates
The Call of Stories : Teaching and the Moral Imagination
by Robert Coles

Resources for Planning Professional Development 

Systems for Change in Literacy Education: A Guide to Professional Development
by Carol A. Lyons, Gay Su Pinnell
 

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