‎"‎Teaching Word Analysis Skills provides a concise‎,‎ easy‎-to‎-read overview of the conceptual‎,‎ historical‎,‎ and guiding principles that have been‎,‎ are‎,‎ and ever more will be absolutely pertinent to the teaching of word recognition strategies‎.‎ Furthermore‎,‎ it lays out practical options for teaching the essential structural‎,‎ phonemic‎,‎ and phonological analysis skills that lead to word recognition‎,‎ an essential component of good reading comprehension‎.‎ This book dispels myths and provides sound principles with a sensible blend of pragmatic practices‎.‎ It is written with a healthy dose of Ash Bishop‎'‎s disarmingly self‎-deprecating style‎.‎ The result is high science with high wit and some tasty tongue‎-in‎-cheek humor‎.‎ I don‎'‎t know when I have last read something so sophisticated‎,‎ nuanced‎,‎ and practical‎,‎ yet written with the some ease and the secret pleasure in reading that one might get from People Magazine‎.‎ This book is for everyone who reads‎;‎ Mothers‎,‎ fathers‎,‎ public policy makers‎,‎ and of course‎,‎ teachers‎.‎ It is an essential read on reading and learning to read‎.‎‎"‎‎-‎-‎-Anthony Manzo‎,‎ Ph‎.‎D‎.‎‎,‎ Professor Emeritus‎,‎ University of Missouri‎-Kansas City and Recipient of the International Reading Association‎'‎s highest honor‎,‎ The 1993 Wm‎.‎S‎.‎ Gray Citation of Merit‎.‎This powerful book provides a comprehensive overview of the word analysis process and the essential skills that allow students to read efficiently‎.‎ This book is a must‎-read for teachers of students who are learning to read and for teachers of struggling readers‎.‎ Special attention is placed on phonics and the precursours of phonics‎:‎ alphabet knowledge and phonemic awarencess‎.‎ Chapters are also provided on structural analysis‎,‎ sight words‎,‎ context clues‎,‎ fluency‎,‎ and the special instructional needs of English learners‎.‎ A unique and important focus throughout the book is that rich children‎'‎s literature for all ages is a key component of the word analysis instructional environment‎.‎