Bean (education, U. of Pittsburgh) and Dagen (human resources in education, West Virginia U.) assemble 18 chapters that present the principles of effective literacy leadership and methods for improving instruction, assessment, and schoolwide professional development within a culture of collaboration for all educators. Education scholars from the US show how staff such as reading specialists and coaches, administrators, teachers, and special educators can play an active role in promoting literacy learning in grades K-12. They then discuss emergent literacy, elementary and secondary literacy programs, the role of a print-rich environment, culturally responsive instruction, differentiating instruction, supporting English language learners, assessment, reading policies, utilizing technology, and building home-school partnerships. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)