Prepared to guide the nonprofessional in helping another person learn to read, this book consists of systematic phonics for the remedial or beginning reader. Some of the pages in the book are addressed to the tutor and some to the learner. Introductory material includes descriptions of reading, the teacher, phonics, tools used in learning to read, reading readiness, and the method of approaching the teaching-learning task. The major portion of the book consists of sections on specific phonetic sounds, beginning with the easiest and progressing to the most difficult. A selected bibliography is included. (JM)