The purpose of this handbook, which was developed by the National Reading Center, is to bring to each child who is having trouble learning to read a trained tutor to give him the right kind of help. Sections are given to explaining some characteristics of children who have reading problems, outlining some general principles of successful tutoring, listing tutoring tips, describing the major areas of reading skills, and providing a reading skills checklist. The rest of the handbook provides sixty sample lessons, each accompanied by a behavioral objective, for developing various reading skills. (See CS 000 462 for related document.) (HS)