Reading As Communication - Hardcover

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Frank May is the author of ten books for preservice and inservice teachers. These include six editions of the present title, and two editions of To Help Children Read. They also include Strategies of Curriculum Development and two books on language arts instruction: Teaching Language as Communication, and To Help Children Communicate. He is also the author of numerous articles on education in national and international journals.

Dr. May earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, his M.A. from the University of Chicago, and his B.A. from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Before joining the faculty at the University of Redlands, he was a professor at Portland State University, Washington State University, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the University of Puget Sound, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. While teaching at these universities, Dr. May also directed many research projects related to literacy and teacher education.

Outside of the university setting, the author's classroom teaching experiences have included all the grades from one to twelve in a variety of locations in the United States: Pelham, New Hampshire; New York City; Greensboro, North Carolina; Dayton, Ohio; Chicago; and Pullman, Washington.

More recently, Frank May has written a book for parents and tutors called One on One Learning: A Better Path toward Literacy. In addition he has written two novels: Ambition of the Meaner Sort and Forgiving the Great Spirit.