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    Brief reviews are short synopses and reviews of new books in education that may or may not receive longer treatment elsewhere in the Education Review. Brief Reviews call attention to current practical books for teachers and administrators. This section contains brief evaluative summaries of books from the current and previous years. Brief reviews are prepared under the direction of Melissa Cast-Brede of the University of Nebraska at Omaha (mcast@mail.unomaha.edu), the Education Review Brief Reviews Editor. The Founding Editor of ER Brief Reviews is Kate Corby of Michigan State University, who served as Editor from 1998 through 2008. New brief reviews will appear on about a monthly schedule. Links to Recent Reviews appear below.

Recent Reviews
July 2009
Ben-Arieh, Josefa & Miller, Helen J. (2009). The Educator’s Guide to Teaching Students with Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin SAGE. Reviewed by Margaret Sahin, Bardwell Special School, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.

Boreen, Jean; Johnson, Mary K.; Niday, Donna; & Potts, Joe. (2009). Mentoring Beginning Teachers: Guiding, Reflecting, Coaching (2nd ed.). Portland, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers. Reviewed by Karrin S. Lukacs, Marymount University, Arlington, Virginia.

Cayuso, Emily. (2009). Flip for Non-Fiction Comprehension. Gainesville, FL: Maupin House. Reviewed by Sean Kottke, Robert B. Miller College, Battle Creek, MI.

Gunderson, Lee. (2009). ESL (ELL) Literacy Instruction: A Guidebook to Theory and Practice. (2nd ed.) New York: Routledge. Reviewed by Hongmei Xu, University of Texas at San Antonio

Kohl, Herbert. (2009). The Herb Kohl Reader: Awakening the Heart of Teaching. New York: The New Press. Reviewed by Sharon Whitehead-van Löben Sels, Chapman University, and Walden University.

Krajnjan, Stevan (2009). Timesavers for Teachers Book One: Interactive Classroom Forms and Essential Tools. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Reviewed by Jennifer Holloway, Cameron University.

Levin, Ben. (2008). How to Change 5000 Schools: A Practical and Positive Approach for Leading Change at Every Level. Cambridge: MA Harvard Education Press. Reviewed by Sharon Naylor, Illinois State University.

Makin, Laurie; Diaz, Criss J. & McLachlan, Claire. (2008). Literacies in Childhood, Changing Views, Challenging Practice, 2nd Edition. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes. Reviewed by Elisa Waingort, Dalhousie Elementary School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Phelps Deily, Mary-Ellen (Ed.). (2009). The Education Week Guide to K-12 Terminology. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Reviewed by Benjamin Johnson, University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Rycik, Mary T. & Rycik, James A. (2007). Phonics and word identification: Instruction and intervention, K-8. Upper Saddle Creek, NJ: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall. Review by Shu-Chuan Hsu, Texas A&M University, Kingsville.

Uribe, Maria. & Nathenson-Mejia, Sally. (2009). Literacy Essentials for English Language Learners: Successful Transitions. New York: Teachers College Press. Reviewed by Adriana S. García, University of Texas at San Antonio.

Van Zile, Susan & Napoli, Mary. (2009). Teaching Literary Elements with Picture Books: Engaging Standards-Based Lessons and Strategies. New York: Scholastic. Reviewed by Stephanie A. Grote-Garcia, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

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