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Reading Without Nonsense by Frank Smith

strickvl's review

4.0

This book is old. I imagine the science of reading, sight and comprehension has moved on a lot since he first wrote it, yet I feel it holds up. I learnt a lot about how the mind interprets words, symbols and meaning from the things we find written on the page. I was pleasantly surprised to find a good amount of contrast between reading in languages like English (which aim to represent sounds) and those like Chinese (which represent meaning but not sound). Recommended to people who have children and also to those who are trying to learn a second language. Lots to absorb from this one, and could be ideally paired with one (or both) of [a:Donalyn Miller|1970104|Donalyn Miller|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1249616174p2/1970104.jpg]'s books.