A Reason to Read offers readers a comprehensive approach to literacy learning by linking literacy and the arts.

Landay and Wootton explore the question of what it means to be literate and provide moving portraits of how creative approaches to literacy development might be part of the daily life of schools.

Each chapter of the book details foundational theories from the fields of literacy, arts education, and school reform, and contains an "In the Classroom" section that offers teachers explicit suggestion for applying these ideas accross the curriculum.

Together, these elements provide a vision for reimagining what learning might look like in our schools.