JOURNAL OF EDUCATION Founded in 1875 Volume 196 • Number 3 • 2016 BECOMING A NATION OF READERS: RETROSPECTIVES AND VISIONS Letter from the Editors Roselmina Indrisano, Editor Jeanne R. Paratore, Co-editor Prologue: Becoming Becoming a Nation of Readers Ian A. G. Wilkinson, Judith A. Scott, Elfrieda H. Hiebert, and Richard C. Anderson From “What is Reading?” to What is Literacy? Katherine K. Frankel, Bryce L. C. Becker, Marjorie W. Rowe, and P. David Pearson Emerging Reading and the Social Practice Turn in Literacy: Still Becoming a Nation of Readers James V. Hoffman, Ramón A. Martinez, and Katie Danielson Extended—and Extending—Literacies Elizabeth Birr Moje and Tisha Lewis Ellison The Teacher and the Classroom Nell K. Duke, Gina N. Cervetti, and Crystal N. Wise Epilogue: Looking Back to Look Ahead Donna E. Alvermann, LaTasha Hutcherson Price, and A. J. Jackson ESSAY BOOK REVIEWS Academic / Professional Texts Dinh Phan and Sarah Said Thomas Books for Young Readers Michelle Carney, Elizabeth Nolan, and Roselmina Indrisano Boston University School of Education