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Allyson Daley is an assistant principal in New York City’s Region 9 with four years of service as a staff developer and fourteen years of classroom teaching experience. She is the author of A Park Study (Teachers Network) and has been featured in Instructor Magazine and Classroom Management in Photographs (Scholastic, 2004). She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Patrick Daley helped develop Scholastic's READ 180, a reading intervention program for upper elementary students. He has written two professional resources for Scholastic Professional.

Jeni Pollack Day is a doctoral student in reading education as the State University of New York, Albany, and a research assistant at the Center on English Learning and Achievement (CELA). She also teaches fourth grade.

Marcia Delany, Ph.D., is an education consultant and reading specialist who has 26 years of experience working with struggling readers in all grades. She is a presenter at IRA and other state and national professional organizations and works regularly in with teachers. She currently lives in Washington, Georgia, with her husband, Jack.

Linda Irwin DeVitis is a former reading specialist who worked in elementary schools. She now teaches at the School of Education at Binghamton University.

Glenn L. DeVoogd is an associate professor of literacy at California State University, Fresno, where his work focuses on children's literature and literacy instruction. He has written, edited, and reviewed many publications on literacy instruction at local, national, and international levels. He has served in leadership positions for reading associations and on the International Reading Association/National Council for Teachers of English Task Force for Critical Literacy. His diverse experience includes 16 years in public schools as a classroom teacher, a bilingual teacher, and a staff developer for technology. He also established a program serving the needs of the children of migrant parents in Western Michigan.

Deborah Diffily is an education professor at Southern Methodist University in Texas. Deborah is the coauthor of Effective Classroom Routines, The Scholastic Book of Early Childhood Learning Centers, Positive Teacher Talk for Better Classroom Managment, and other resources published by Scholastic. She resides in Dallas, Texas.

Judith Dodge is a recognized leader in the field of effective classroom instruction. A frequently sought-after presenter and staff developer for school districts, colleges and professional organizations, she is the author of The Study Skills Handbook (Scholastic) and a contributor to the New York State Resource Guide for the Teaching of Language Arts to Limited English Proficient Students. She currently lives in Merrick, New York with her family.

Brooke Graham Doyle worked as program developer for the Committee for Children in Seattle, Washington, where she resides.

Patti Drapeau is the coordinator of services for gifted and talented elementary students at Mast Landing School and Morse Street School in Freeport, Maine. She is also on the adjunct faculty at the University of Southern Maine. A skilled presenter, she conducts workshops throughout the United States and Canada on differentiating instruction, using graphic organizers to promote reading comprehension, integrating curriculum, teaching gifted students in the regular classroom, and using authentic assessments. Patti is the author of the curriculum model, Affective Perspectives: A Model Combining Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking, and Affect.

Nell K. Duke is an Associate Professor of Teacher Education and Educational Psychology and Associate Director of the Literacy Achievement Research Center (LARC) at Michigan State University. Her research focuses on literacy development in early childhood, especially the development of comprehension and informational literacy in young children. She teaches inservice and doctoral courses in research and literacy education, and speaks and consults widely on literacy education. Nell is the recipient of several awards, including the IRA Outstanding Dissertation Award and NCTE Promising Teacher Award. She is the coauthor of Reading and Writing Informational Text in the Primary Grades: Research-Based Practices and Literacy and the Youngest Learner: Best Practices for Educators of Children from Birth to 5 (both published by Scholastic). Nell has had articles published in The Reading Teacher, Language Arts, Young Children, and other widely read journals. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with her family.

Dr. Sue Dymock, Senior Lecturer, teaches at the School of Education, University of Waikato, in Hamilton, New Zealand. She is also the director of an after-school reading program for children experiencing reading difficulties. Dr. Dymock has extensive experience working with pre- and in-service teachers, and is an active researcher in the field of reading comprehension.