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David Harris Russell

22 May 1906 – 28 Jan 1965

63 works on record

Biography

David Russell was a prolific writer whose audience ranged from young children to college professors. He was senior author of one of the most widely used basal reading series. His writings in the field of education and psychology include teaching guides, essays on educational problems, college textbooks, yearbook contributions, research articles and monographs, reviews for encyclopedias, and diverse leaflets and pamphlets on curriculum development and instruction. Among his widely read books and monographs are Children Learn to Read, Children's Thinking, Characteristics of Good and Poor Spellers, Reading Aids Through the Grades (with Elizabeth Karp), and Listening Aids Through the Grades (with Elizabeth Russell). At the time of his death he was preparing a manuscript on creative reading. Professor Russell brought to his work a unique background of preparation in mathematics, literature, education, and psychology. This background, coupled with his keen interest in improving instruction in the schools enabled him to write and speak as a critic, a reviewer, an essayist, an experimenter, an innovator, and an evaluator. His writings and addresses had a creative flair and a style that were inimitable. His stories for children included new ideas along with old ideas treated in new ways. His research publications were a distinctive combination of new hypotheses and a reformulation of old hypotheses. -http://texts.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb658006rx;NAAN=13030&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=div00025&toc.depth=1&toc.id=&brand=oac4

Works

Listening aids through the grades

Listening aids through the grades

1959

Children's thinking

Children's thinking

1956

Under the Apple Tree

Under the Apple Tree

1952

The little white house

The little white house

1950

Finding new neighbours

Finding new neighbours

1950

Friends far and near

Friends far and near

1950

We are neighbours

We are neighbours

1950

My little red story book

My little red story book

1950

Around the corner

Around the corner

1950

Children learn to read

Children learn to read

1949

On Cherry Street

On Cherry Street

1948

Manual for Teaching the Primer

Manual for Teaching the Primer

The Dynamics of Reading

The Dynamics of Reading

Along story trails

Along story trails

Windows on the world

Windows on the world

Down story roads

Down story roads

Trails to Treasure

Trails to Treasure

Doorways to discovery

Doorways to discovery

Roads to Everywhere, book 2

Roads to Everywhere, book 2

On story wings

On story wings

Ginn basic readers

Ginn basic readers

My Do and Learn Book

My Do and Learn Book

Manual for Teaching the Second Reader

Manual for Teaching the Second Reader

Manual for Teaching On Story Wings

Manual for Teaching On Story Wings

Reading Aids THROUGH THE GRADES (Three Hundred Developmental Reading Activities, REVISED AND ENLARGED)

Reading Aids THROUGH THE GRADES (Three Hundred Developmental Reading Activities, REVISED AND ENLARGED)

Trails to Treasure; Ginn Basic Readers 1953 Childrens book

Trails to Treasure; Ginn Basic Readers 1953 Childrens book

On Story Wings - Enrichment Series, The Ginn Basic Readers

On Story Wings - Enrichment Series, The Ginn Basic Readers

Problems and trends in American education

Problems and trends in American education

1960

Manual for teaching the second reader-II

Manual for teaching the second reader-II

1958

Manual for teaching the second reader-I

Manual for teaching the second reader-I

1957

The dimensions of children's meaning vocabularies in grades four through twelve

The dimensions of children's meaning vocabularies in grades four through twelve

1954

Manual for teaching We are neighbours

Manual for teaching We are neighbours

1953

Implications of research for Canadian classroom practices

Implications of research for Canadian classroom practices

1953

My do and learn book :...Friends far and near

My do and learn book :...Friends far and near

1950

My little green story book

My little green story book

1950

My little blue story book

My little blue story book

1950

Manual for teaching the first reader

Manual for teaching the first reader

1948

Manual for teaching Friends far and near

Manual for teaching Friends far and near

1948

Manual for teaching Around the corner

Manual for teaching Around the corner

1948

Manual for teaching Finding new neighbours

Manual for teaching Finding new neighbours

1948

Manual for teaching pre-primer program

Manual for teaching pre-primer program

1948

A diagnostic study of spelling readiness

A diagnostic study of spelling readiness

1942

Characterists of good and poor spellers

Characterists of good and poor spellers

1937

Roads to Everywhere, Book 1

Roads to Everywhere, Book 1

Wings to adventure

Wings to adventure

Child development and the language arts

Child development and the language arts

Manual for Teaching the Sixth Reader

Manual for Teaching the Sixth Reader

My Do and Learn Book to Accompany Finding New Neighbors. Revised Edition

My Do and Learn Book to Accompany Finding New Neighbors. Revised Edition

We Are Neighbours - Revised Edition

We Are Neighbours - Revised Edition

Childrens Thinking

Childrens Thinking

Brief on the Ginn basic readers revised

Brief on the Ginn basic readers revised

My do and learn book to accompany Finding new neighbors, third reader, level I

My do and learn book to accompany Finding new neighbors, third reader, level I

Manual for teaching the reading-readiness program

Manual for teaching the reading-readiness program

The Ginn basic readers

The Ginn basic readers

Exploration Through Reading

Exploration Through Reading

We are Neighbors

We are Neighbors

Reading aids through the grades

Reading aids through the grades

Roads to Everywhere

Roads to Everywhere

Roads to Everywhere; 2

Roads to Everywhere; 2

The Ginn reading program for the primary grades

The Ginn reading program for the primary grades

Roads To Every Where

Roads To Every Where

Roads To Every Here

Roads To Every Here

Finding New Neighbors

Finding New Neighbors

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