The Art of Critical Reading
by By Mather, Peter and McCarthy, Rita
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines , Reading Skills

Mather and McCarthy (developmental and critical and evaluative reading and English as a second language, Glendale Community College) provide a textbook to help advanced undergraduate students develop skills for reading, understanding, and critically evaluating textbooks and other college-level reading. They structure the text around the theme of art, beginning each chapter with a major art work and including art-related topics. This edition has new readings on creativity and critical thinking, a greater emphasis on vocabulary development, more focus on the theme of art, and a new full-color design, with readings designed to appear in their original form, which are excerpted from textbooks, newspapers, magazines, and literature. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)