Reading Matters: What the Research Reveals about Reading, Libraries, and Community Paperback – December 30, 2005

This is a good book. It is very informative about research on literacy, written in an easy to read and understand style, so could interest undergrads writing a term paper as well as Librarians and acquisition persons.

For anyone who is passionate about the importance of reading, this is a must read. Ross has a graceful style that gets right to the gist of the issues. Great background info for reader's advisors