So dry it might catch fire
This was required text - and was the worst book I had to read for my teaching degree. The B&W pictures look like they date back to the 60's and have no relevance to the text - they are just thrown in every once in a while to maintain political correctness. There are these weird flowcharts/diagrams at the beginning of each chapter that are hard to follow. The print is tiny. The writing is DRY. Reading about reading should be fun! Don't waste your money if you don't have to!