1. Introduction

   • Roger Farr
   • Jacqueline C. Comas

   Improving Basal Readers Pages: 3 - 4

2. Training preservice teachers to analyze and evaluate textbooks

   • Jacqueline C. Comas
   • Roger Farr

   Improving Basal Readers Pages: 5 - 15

3. Language adaptations: Award-winning children’s literature in basal textbook readers

   • Jacqueline C. Comas

   Improving Basal Readers Pages: 16 - 34

4. The impact of basal readers on the curriculum

   • Ruthellen Crews

   Improving Basal Readers Pages: 35 - 41

5. “No more hot fish”: California’s push for literature in basal readers

   • Francie Alexander

   Improving Basal Readers Pages: 42 - 50

6. Coping with textbook controversies: From policy development to implementation

   • J. Estill Alexander
   • C. Glennon Rowell
   • Betty S. Heathington

   Improving Basal Readers Pages: 51 - 64

7. Impact of censorship cases on basal reader selection and reading curriculum

   • Patricia P. Fritchie

   Improving Basal Readers Pages: 65 - 70

8. The pros and cons of state-level textbook adoption

   • Michael A. Tulley

   Improving Basal Readers Pages: 71 - 80

9. Teachers’ decisions in using basal readers

   • Margaret Early

   Improving Basal Readers Pages: 81 - 85

10. The basal as an aid to decision making: A senior author’s view

    • Carl B. Smith

    Improving Basal Readers Pages: 86 - 88

11. Teacher decision making within a basal reading program

    • Nancy R. Sargeant

    Improving Basal Readers Pages: 89 - 94

12. Flexible use of basal readers

    • James R. Squire

    Improving Basal Readers Pages: 95 - 97

13. U.S. book industries

    • William S. Lofquist

    Also in This Issue Pages: 98 - 102

14. Best-sellers by design. Vicki Baum and the house of Ullstein

    • Gary D. Stark

    Book Review Pages: 103 - 105