Reflecting the concerns of researchers and practitioners about children's text comprehension, this book defines and provides examples of narrative and expository text and describes research-based strategies for helping children comprehend these two types of text. The book contains the following chapters: (1) "Research on Stories: Implications for Teachers" (Jill Fitzgerald); (2) "Using Story Retelling to Develop Comprehension" (Lesley Mandel Morrow); (3) "Teaching Repetition as a Story Structure" (Gail E. Tompkins and Lea M. McGee); (4) "Teaching Narrative Text Structure: A Process Approach to Reading and Writing" (Christine J. Gordon); (5) "Using a Literary Framework to Teach Mysteries" (Charles W. Peters and Marilyn Carlsen) (6) "Research on Expository Text: Implications for Teachers" (Wayne H. Slater and Michael F. Graves); (7) "Teaching Expository Text Structure in Reading and Writing" (Donald J. Richgels and others); (8) "The Teaching with Analogies Model" (Shawn M. Glynn); (9) "The Know, Want to Know, Learn Strategy" (Donna M. Ogle); (10) "Getting the Gist of Expository Text" (Ted Schuder and others); (11) "The Comprehension Experience" (James H. Mosenthal); and (12) "Questions and Concerns about Teaching Narrative and Expository Text" (Joan Nelson-Herber and Carolyn S. Johnston). Each chapter lists references. (MS)