Geraldine E. Rodgers Libri

Two different and opposite kindsof readers are developed at the very beginning stages of reading instruction asthe result of different and opposite kinds of teaching.¿ One kind of reader is taught to read by the"sound" of print and reads automatically and with great accuracy.¿ The other kind of reader is taught to read bythe "meaning" of print, as Chinese characters are read, and not only readsinaccurately, but is actually encouraged to do so by so-called "psycholinguisticguessing."¿ The Born Yesterday Worldof the Reading Experts reviews some of the recent papers by highlyrecognized "experts."¿ It explains whylittle beginning readers are critically harmed when they taught to read by the"meaning" method outlined by these "experts."¿Such "experts" seem to know nothing about the history of reading, andlittle about the very nature of reading itself.

The tale centers on a young Human male and a young Elvin female. These two characters are the sole survivors of a terrible battle and head off to warn their people. The journey takes them through political intrigue, betrayal and prejudices. The two characters come to terms with their own fears and doubts, as they journey towards a pre-ordained destiny. Along the way their past is revealed, as is their direction and final confrontation with evil. Mixed in are subplots, new friendships, allies, murder and kidnapping. Through all of this new love and new life are born, only to be viciously ripped apart by assassination. Death is not the final chapter, as the final battle takes place on another plane of existence. It is a tale of courage, growth, weakness and fear, all the human qualities of self, set amid a land of magic in a time of legend.