Presents a dual-language text in the theory and methodology of teaching reading in Spanish to Hispanic youngsters. Each chapter of the text is written in only one language at the preference of its author. Thus, to be successful with the book, the reader must be bilingual.

This dual-language text provides theory and methodology for teaching reading in Spanish to Spanish/English bilingual or Spanish-dominant students. The goal is to help educators teach these students the skills necessary to become proficient readers and, thus, successful in the school system.

At the very core of the book are the hispano-parlantes--the Spanish-speaking children--who bring to the schools, along with their native language and cultures, a wealth of resources that must be tapped and to whom all educators have a responsibility to respond.

True to the concepts of developing...