The Literacy Dictionary: The Vocabulary of Reading and Writing. Edited by Theodore L. Harris and Richard E. Hodges. Newark, Del.: International Reading Association, 1995.

Recommended Literature, Grades Nine Through Twelve. Sacramento: California Department of Education, 1990.

Recommended Readings in Literature, Kindergarten Through Grade Eight (Revised edition). Sacramento: California Department of Education, 1996.

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Tenth edition). Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1993.

Vocabulary Bibliography

Vocabulary: The Missing Link Between Phonics and Comprehension. Andrew Biemiller (prepublication draft Spring 2000

Language and Reading Success by Andrew Biemiller Volume 5 in the series "From Reading Research to Practice" Brookline Books 1999

Vocabulary Development by Steven  Stahl Volume 2 in the series “From Reading Research to Practice" Brookline Books 1999

Teaching Vocabulary to Improve Reading Comprehension by William Nagy
NCTE/IRA ISBN 0-8141-5238-4

Becoming a Word Learner - A Debate on Lexical Acquisition by Golinkoff, et al
Counterpoints (Cognition, Memory, and Language) Oxford University Press 2000
ISBN 0-19-513032-4

Syntactic Theory (A Formal Introduction) by Ivan Sag & Thomas Wasow
Center for the Study of Language and Information  Stanford, California  1999
ISBN 1-57586-160-7

The ESL Teacher's Book of Lists by Kress
The Center for Applied Research in Education 1993

Reading Strategies That Work: Teaching Your Students to Become Better Readers by Laura Robb, Scholastic 1992

English From the Roots Up by Joegil Lundquist
ISBN 0-9643210-3-3

Word Matters
by Gay Su Pinnell & Irene Fountas
Heinemann 2000

Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary and Spelling Instruction
by Bear, Templeton, Invernizzi, and Johnston (2nd Edition) Merrill 2000

Revisit, Reflect, Retell: Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension
by Linda Hoyt Heinemann 1999

Teaching Reading Sourcebook (K-8)
by Honig, Diamond, Gutlohn CORE 2000

Reading/Language Arts Framework (K-12) CDE 1999

Word Walls (Teaching Vocabulary Through Immersion) by Joseph Green
Pippin Publishing ISBN 0-88751-036-1

Read to Me - Raising Kids Who Love to Read by Bernice Cullinan
Scholastic, Inc. 1992, 2000 (revised and updated)
SBN 0-439-08721-X

Frindle by Andrew Clements  Aladdin Paperbacks 1996 ISBN 0-689-81876-9

Miss Alaineus (A Vocabulary Disaster)
written and illustrated by Debra Frasier
Harcourt, Inc. 2000  ISBN 0-15-202163-9

Antics! By Cathi Hepworth  Putnam and Grosset 1992  ISBN 0-698-11350-0

Bug Off! By Cathi Hepworth  Putnam and Grosset 1998  ISBN 0-399-22640-0

There's An ant in Anthony by Bernard Most  A Mulberry Book 1980
ISBN 0-688-11513-6

The Mouse of Amherst by Elizabeth Spires  Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1999
ISBN 0-374-35083-3

The Pig in the Spigot poems by Richard Wilbur  Harcourt, Inc. 2000
ISBN 0-15-202019-5

Night*Knight (A Word Play Flap Book) by Harriet Ziefert  Houghton Mifflin 1997
ISBN 0-395-85160-2

Baby Buggy*Buggy Baby (A Word Play Flap Book) by Harriet Ziefert
Houghton Mifflin 1997  ISBN 0-395-85161-0

Donavan's Word Jar by Monalisa DeGross  HarperCollins 1994 ISBN 0-06-020191-6

Scholastic dictionary of Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms Scholastic 2001
ISBN  0-439-25415-9

The Word Detective by Evan Morris Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2000
ISBN 1-56512-239-9

The Miracle of Language by Richard Lederer  Pocket Books 1991 ISBN 0-671-02811-1

The Word Museum (The Most Remarkable English Words Ever Forgotten) by Jeffrey Kacirk  Simon & Schuster 2000  ISBN 0-684-85761-8

Oxford Minireference Thesaurus compiled by Alan Spooner Oxford University Press 1992 ISBN 0-19-860096-8

English Pocket Dictionary DK Publishing 1997  ISBN 0-7894-1497-X

Demonic Mnemonics (800 Spelling Tricks for 800 Tricky Words) by Murray Suid
A Fearon Teacher-Aid Book 1981  ISBN 0-8224-6464-0

What in the World is a Homophone? By Leslie Presson  Barron's 1996
ISBN 0-8120-6585-9

Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms by Marvin Terban  Scholastic 1996
ISBN0-590-38157-1

Checking Your Grammar by Marvin Terban  Scholastic Guides  1993  ISBN 0-590-49455-4

Time to Rhyme - A Rhyming Dictionary by Marvin Terban  Wordsong Boyds Mill Press 1992  ISBN 1-56397-630-7

English Vocabulary Quick Reference (A Comprehensive Dictionary Arranged by Word Roots) by Roger S. Crutchfield  LexaDyne Publishing 1997  ISBN 0-9659138-0-5

Vocabulary Cartoons (Building an Educated Vocabulary with Mnemonics) by  Sam, Max, Bryan Burchers  New Monic Books 1998  ISBN 0-9652422-7-7

2107 Curious Word Origins, Sayings & Expressions From White Elephants to Song Dance by Charles Earle Funk  Galahad Books 1993  ISBN 0-88365-845-3

The Secret Lives of Words by Paul West  Harcourt, Inc. 2000 ISBN 0-15-100466-8

www.allwords.com
(online dictionary)

www.wordcentral.com
(online dictionary)

www.thesaurus.com

www.m-w.com
(word for the wise NPR scripts)

www.eslcafe.com (esl idiom page)

www.word-detective.com