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ERIC ED337744: Celebrating Literacy. Proceedings of the Annual Reading Conference at California State University (14th, San Bernadino, California, March 5, 1990).

The paper presented at this conference, the theme of which was "Celebrating Literacy," focused on theories and applications of literature-based education and the use of holistic methods across the curriculum. Following an introduction by the editors, the book contains the following 12 papers: "Windows and Mirrors: Children's Books and Parallel Cultures" (Rudine Sims Bishop); "Using a Literature-Based Program with Students with Reading and Writing Difficulties" (Linda Prentice and Patricia Tefft Cousin); "What It Takes to Have a Literature-Based Reading and Language Arts Program" (Julia Candace Corliss); "Celebrate Literacy: Cultivate Risk-Taking" (J. Dixon Hearne and Linda M. LeBlanc); "Building Bridges to Literacy: Merging Children's Spanish Literature and Social Studies" (J. Sabrina Mims); "The Westhoff Project: Creating a Whole Language School" (Darlene M. Michener); "Reading to Learn and Other Study Strategies: Transitions into Junior High/Middle School" (Olivette Scott Miller and T. Patrick Mullen); "Make Every Kid an Author" (Susan Abel and Andrea Street); "Would You Rather" (Evelyn Hanssen and Dorothy Menosky); "Sound Effects Stories" (Adria F. Klein); "The Writing Process a

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