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According to Wikipedia, William S. Gray was an American educator and literacy advocate. Life and career Gray was born in the town of Coatsburg, Illinois, on June 5, 1885. He graduated from high school in 1904 and began teaching in a one-room school house in Adams County, Illinois. After four years of teaching and being a principal he went to Illinois State Normal University for a two-year teacher training course. His studies were influenced by the North American Herbartian movement that emphasized starting with what the child knows and proceeding with an inductive instructional approach.

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What makes a book readable (1935) (196)
The teaching of reading and writing : an international survey (1956) (53)
On their own in reading (1948) (48)
Maturity in reading : its nature and appraisal (1956) (38)
Summary of Reading Investigations (1935) (34)
Growth in reading (1939) (27)
The reading interests and habits of adults : a preliminary report (21)
What makes a book readable : with special reference to adults of limited reading ability : an initial study (1935) (19)
The Teaching of Reading: A Second Report (1937) (18)
Progress in the Study of Readability (1947) (15)
EDUCATION: How to Increase Reading Ability by Albert J. Harris. Longmans, Green and Co. (Second Edition). 582 pp. $4.00 (1948) (15)
The Social Effects of Reading (1947) (15)
The appraisal of current practices in reading (1945) (11)
Principles of Method in Teaching Reading, as Derived from Scientific Investigation (1919) (11)
New Approaches to the Study of Interpretation in Reading (1958) (10)
Fun with Dick and Jane (1946) (10)
The Elson basic readers (1931) (9)
The training of college teachers (9)
Current issues in higher education (1937) (9)
The Importance of Intelligent Silent Reading (1924) (9)
Training and Experience that Prepare for Reading (8)
Adult Reading: The Reading Interests and Habits of Adults (1930) (8)
Diagnostic and Remedial Steps in Reading (1921) (8)
Promoting growth toward maturity in interpreting what is read (1952) (7)
Summary of Reading Investigations: July 1, 1943 to June 30, 1944 (1945) (7)
People and progress (1943) (7)
Before we read (1946) (7)
Science is learning (1961) (7)
We read pictures (1951) (7)
The Diagnostic Study of an Individual Case in Reading (1921) (7)
The Nature and Organization of Basic Instruction in Reading (1937) (7)
What Should Be the Profession's Attitude toward Lay Criticism of the Schools? With Special Reference to Reading (1952) (7)
Summary of Reading Investigations July 1, 1945 to June 30, 1946 (1947) (7)
The changing elementary school (1939) (7)
Summary of Reading Investigations July 1, 1946 to June 30, 1947 (1948) (6)
The junior college curriculum (6)
Improving instruction in reading : an experimental study (1933) (6)
The Nature and Types of Reading (1937) (6)
Descriptive List of Standard Tests (1916) (6)
Tests and measurements in higher education (1936) (5)
Selected References on Teacher Education (1934) (5)
All around us (1944) (5)
Reading Difficulties in College (1936) (5)
Summary of Reading Investigations (July 1, 1931 to June 30, 1932) (1933) (5)
Foundation Stones in the Road to Better Reading (1951) (5)
Methods of Testing Reading. II (1916) (5)
The Nature of Mature Reading (1954) (5)
Education of the Gifted Child: With Special Reference to Reading (1942) (5)
The Work of Elementary-School Principals (1918) (5)
Keeping reading programs abreast of the times (1951) (5)
The new fun with Dick and Jane (1951) (4)
Oral Aspects of Reading (1958) (4)
Summary of Reading Investigations July 1, 1942 to June 30, 1943 (1944) (4)
Summary of Reading Investigations July 1, 1950 to June 30, 1951 (1952) (4)
Summary of Reading Investigations (July 1, 1929, to June 30, 1930). I (1931) (4)
The teaching of reading : an international view (1957) (4)
Summary of Reading Investigations (July 1, 1938, to June 30, 1939) (1940) (4)
We read more pictures (1951) (4)
Summary of Reading Investigations (July 1, 1932, to June 30, 1933) (1934) (4)
Evidence of the Need of Capable Instructional Leadership (1934) (4)
Selected References on Teacher Education (1940) (4)
Summary of Reading Investigations July 1, 1939 to June 30, 1940 (1941) (4)
Methods of Improving the Technique of Teaching (1919) (4)
The Academic and Professional Preparation of Teachers (1932) (4)
Summary of Reading Investigations July 1, 1957 to June 30, 1958 (1959) (4)
Chapter I: Reading1 (1940) (3)
Summary of Reading Investigations (July 1, 1936, to June 30, 1937) (1938) (3)
Summary of Reading Investigations July 1, 1941 to June 30, 1942 (1943) (3)
A Co-Operative Study of Reading in Eleven Cities of Northern Illinois (1916) (3)
Elson-Gray basic readers (1936) (3)
Summary of Reading Investigations July 1, 1955 to June 30, 1956 (1957) (3)
Current Reading Problems: A World View (1955) (3)
Improving instruction in reading (1933) (3)
Summary of Reading Investigations July 1, 1951 to June 30, 1952 (1953) (3)
Summary of Investigations Relating to Reading July 1, 1958 to June 30,1959 (1960) (3)
Summary of Reading Investigations July 1, 1944 to June 30, 1945 (1946) (3)
Classroom Techniques in Improving Reading (1950) (3)
Summary of Reading Investigations July 1, 1948 to June 30, 1949 (1950) (3)
The Relation of Silent Reading to Economy in Education (1917) (3)
Summaries of Current Practices in the Teaching of Handwriting, Phonics, and Spelling (1936) (2)
How Can the Poor Reader in the Secondary School Be Rescued? (1952) (2)
Basic reading skills for high school use (1960) (2)
Provision for the individual in college education (1932) (2)
Summary of Reading Investigations (July 1, 1926, to June 30, 1927). I (1928) (2)
Days and deeds (1943) (2)
Summary of Reading Investigations (July 1, 1925, to June 30, 1926). I (1927) (2)
Case Studies of Reading Deficiencies in Junior High Schools (1924) (2)
Paths and pathfinders (1946) (2)
The Child's Own Way Series: Wag and Puff-A Primer. Marjorie HardyThe Child's Own Way Series: Surprise Stories-A First Reader. Marjorie HardyThe Child's Own Way Series: First Grade Manual. Marjorie Hardy (1926) (2)
More streets and roads (1942) (2)
On their own in reading : how to give children independence in attacking new words (1948) (2)
The Nature of the Supervision of Student-Teaching in Universities Using Co-Operating Public High Schools. Ralph F. Strebel (1936) (2)
Summary of Reading Investigations July 1, 1947 to June 30, 1948 (1949) (2)
How Well Do Adults Read? (1956) (2)
Rating Scales, Self-Analysis, and the Improvement of Teaching (1921) (2)
Adapting reading programs to wartime needs : proceedings of the Conference on Reading held at the University of Chicago, vol.5 (1943) (2)
Summary of Reading Investigations: July 1, 1952 to June 30, 1953 (1954) (2)
The Use of Tests in Improving Instruction (1918) (2)
Reading as An Aid in Learning (1949) (2)
A Study of the Emphasis on Various Phases of Reading Instruction in Two Cities (1916) (2)
Streets and roads (1941) (1)
Individual Difficulties in Silent Reading in the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Grades (1921) (1)
Good times with our friends (1953) (1)
We work and play (1946) (1)
Selected References on Elementary-School Instruction. II. The Subject Fields (1934) (1)
Guidebook for Our new friends (1941) (1)
Needed readjustments in higher education (1933) (1)
Better Primary Reading: How to Adapt Reading Instruction to the Varying Needs of the Children. Clarence R. Stone (1937) (1)
Summary of Reading Investigations July 1, 1953 to June 30, 1954 (1955) (1)
Guidebook for more Streets and roads (1942) (1)
World Literacy: Its Status and Problems (1959) (1)
Reading in the Elementary Schools of Indianapolis, II (1919) (1)
Summary of Reading Investigations (July 1, 1928, to June 30, 1929). I (1930) (1)
Objective Studies of the Achievements of Training-School and Public-School Pupils in the Freshman Year of the High School (1918) (1)
The training of college teachers : including their preliminary preparation and in-service improvement (1)
Summary of Reading Investigations July 1, 1949 to June 30,1950 (1951) (1)
Value of Informal Tests of Reading Accomplishment (1)
Summary of Reading Investigations (July 1, 1937, to June 30, 1938) (1939) (1)
The Place of Oral Reading in an Improved Program of Reading (1936) (1)
Book Review:American Reading Instruction: Its Development and Its Significance in Gaining a Perspective on Current Practices in Reading Nila Banton Smith (1936) (1)
General Reading in Education; An Exploratory Study. A Report of the Committee on Reading in General Education (1940) (1)
Recent trends in American college education (1931) (1)
Good Times through Literature (1951) (1)
Methods of Testing Reading. I (1916) (1)
The new friends and neighbors (1952) (1)
The new we look and see (1951) (1)
Educational Writings (1917) (1)
Increasing the Basic Reading Competencies of Students (1948) (1)
The academic and professional preparation of secondary-school teachers (1935) (1)
Summary of Reading Investigations (July 1, 1930, to June 30, 1931). I (1932) (1)
Guidebook for Friends and neighbors (1941) (1)
Summary of Reading Investigations (July 1, 1927, to June 30, 1928). I (1929) (1)
The Measurement of Understanding in the Language Arts (1946) (1)
Book Review:Philosophies of Education Current in the Preparation of Teachers in the United States: A Study of Four State Teachers Colleges, Twelve Normal Schools, and Nine Liberal Arts Colleges Francis Edwin Peterson (1934) (0)
Reading Exercises for College Freshmen (1930) (0)
Guidebook for the basic primer Fun with Dick and Jane (1946) (0)
Friends and neighbors (1941) (0)
Selected References on Teacher Education (1951) (0)
Selected References on Elementary-School Instruction. II. The Subject Fields (1949) (0)
Classroom techniques in improving reading : proceedings of the Annual Conference on Reading held at the University of Chicago, 1949, vol.11 (1949) (0)
Volume Information (1954) (0)
Book Review:Picture-Story Reading Lessons, Series I Stuart A. Courtis, Nila Banton Smith (1925) (0)
Book Review:New Methods in Primary Reading Arthur I. Gates (1929) (0)
Summary of Reading Investigations (July 1, 1928, to June 30, 1929). II (1930) (0)
Basic instruction in reading in elementary and high schools (1948) (0)
Educational Writings (1918) (0)
Guidebook to accompany the new our new friends (1952) (0)
Book Review:The Happy Children Readers, Book One Mary E. Pennell, Alice M. Cusack (1926) (0)
Educational News and Editorial Comment (1948) (0)
Volume Information (1946) (0)
Teaching the Teacher: The Training of College Teachers (1931) (0)
Selected References on Elementary-School Instruction. II. The Subject Fields (1939) (0)
Selected References on Elementary-School Instruction. II. The Subject Fields (1936) (0)
Selected References on Elementary-School Instruction. II. The Subject Fields (1942) (0)
Poor Readers in College: Remedial Reading: Diagnosis and Correction of Reading Difficulties at the College Level (1944) (0)
Five in the family (1946) (0)
Guidebook to accompany more parades (1957) (0)
What Do Adults Read (1929) (0)
Reading in the Elementary Schools of Indianapolis. III (1919) (0)
Guidebook to accompany the new days and deeds (1955) (0)
Book Review:The Experimental Study of Reading M. D. Vernon (1933) (0)
A Hopeful Outlook: Maturity in Reading: Its Nature and Appraisal (1956) (0)
Summary of Reading Investigations (July 1, 1927, to June 30, 1928). II (1929) (0)
Selected References on Teacher Education (1942) (0)
Guidebook for Streets and roads (1946) (0)
Survey of theories and practices (1953) (0)
Selected References on Teacher Education (1943) (0)
Back Matter (1948) (0)
Selected References on Teacher Education (1936) (0)
Book Review:Teaching the Child to Read: Practical Studies in Reading Method Samuel W. Patterson (1931) (0)
Book Review:Problems in the Training of Certain Special-Class Teachers Louis M. Schleier (1932) (0)
Guidebook for Look and learn (1943) (0)
Guidebook for Days and deeds (1948) (0)
The teaching of reading : with the "Happy trio" reading scheme (1956) (0)
Book Review:Redirecting Teacher Education Goodwin Watson, Donald P. Cottrell, Esther M. Lloyd-Jones (1939) (0)
Summary of Reading Investigations (July 1, 1926, to June 30, 1927). II (1928) (0)
Book Review:Prescription and Election in Elementary-School Teacher-Training Curricula in State Teachers Colleges Edward C. Class (1932) (0)
Selected References on Teacher Education (1935) (0)
Guidebook for more friends and neighbors (1942) (0)
The Administration of Student Personnel Services in Teacher-Training Institutions of the United States. Marion Ernest Townsend (1933) (0)
Educationally Current: Current Issues in Higher Education (1938) (0)
Selected References on Teacher Education (1946) (0)
Back Matter (1940) (0)
An Evaluation of Extensive and Intensive Teaching of Literature: A Year's Experiment in the Eleventh Grade. Nancy Gillmore Coryell (1928) (0)
Selected References on Teacher Education (1948) (0)
Book Review:An Objective Determination of Stories and Poems for the Primary Grades Mary Ethel Nesmith (1928) (0)
Times and places (1947) (0)
The Relation of the Junior-College Curriculum To General Education (1931) (0)
Book Review:The Elson Foundation Unit: A Course of Study Manual William H. Elson, Lura E. Runkel (1925) (0)
We come and go (1946) (0)
Current Publications Received (1934) (0)
Educational News and Editorial Comment (1951) (0)
Reading and Communication@@@Oral Aspects of Reading@@@Remedial Reading-Teaching and Treatment@@@Backwardness in Reading@@@Maturity in Reading@@@Nonverbal Communication (1958) (0)
The Hale Literary Readers. Edward Everett Hale (0)
Volume Information (1943) (0)
Book Review:Jingles: A Reader for Beginners Alice Rose Power (1925) (0)
Reading and Literature (1932) (0)
The National Inquiry into the Education of Teachers (1936) (0)
Volume Information (1956) (0)
Selected References on Elementary-School Instruction. II. The Subject Fields (1950) (0)
Two Prominent Members of the Laureate Chapter Pass Away (1960) (0)
Think-and-do book to accompany Times an places (1942) (0)
Summary of Reading Investigations (July 1, 1930, to June 30, 1931). III (1932) (0)
Selected References on Teacher Education (1933) (0)
Summary of Reading Investigations (July 1, 1929, to June 30, 1930). II (1931) (0)
Book Review:Comparative Studies of Current Practice in Reading with Techniques for the Improvement of Teaching Laura Zirbes (1929) (0)
The new more friends and neighbors (1956) (0)
Historic Landmarks@@@Provision for the Individual in College Education (1933) (0)
Guidebook for the pre-reading and pre-primer programs of the Basic readers (1946) (0)
The Experts Look at Reading in 1940 (1941) (0)
Educational News and Editorial Comment (1946) (0)
Selected References on Teacher Education (1937) (0)
The Technique of Supervising High-School Practice Teaching (1919) (0)
More friends and neighbors (1946) (0)
Think-and-do book to accompany Streets and roads (1941) (0)
Guidebook to accompany the new the three pre-primers (1951) (0)
Studies in Adult Education (1932) (0)
Selected References on Elementary-School Instruction. II. The Subject Fields (1945) (0)
Guidebook to Accompany-The New Fun with Dick and Jane- (1951) (0)
The preparation of teachers of chemistry (1937) (0)
A Decade of Progress (1937) (0)
Problems for Scientific Investigation in Elementary Education (1923) (0)
Social and Educational Changes Affecting the Library (1943) (0)
Selected References on Teacher Education (1950) (0)
Selected References on Elementary-School Instruction. II. The Subject Fields (1944) (0)
Selected References on Teacher Education (1939) (0)
Guidebook to accompany more days and deeds (1956) (0)
Selected References on Teacher Education (1933) (0)
Volume Information (1953) (0)
Selected References on Elementary-School Instruction. II The Subject Fields (1933) (0)
Days and deeds / by William S. Graw and May Hill Arbuthnot (1947) (0)
Guidebook to accompany more people and progress (1956) (0)
Educational News and Editorial Comment (1945) (0)
Educational News and Editorial Comment (1943) (0)
Book Review:Interest and Ability in Reading Arthur I. Gates (1931) (0)
Supervision of Religious Education. Ernest John Chave (1932) (0)
Educational News and Editorial Comment (1949) (0)
Selected References on Elementary-School Instruction. II. The Subject Fields (1935) (0)
Selected References on Elementary-School Instruction. II. The Subject Fields (1955) (0)
Book Review:The Field-Martin Primer Walter Taylor Field, Katharine Martin (1925) (0)
Summary of Reading Investigations (July 1, 1930, to June 30, 1931). II (1932) (0)
Selected References on Elementary-School Instruction. II. The Subject Fields (1938) (0)
Book Review:Report of the Survey of the Schools of Holyoke, Massachusetts Institute of Educational Research, Division of Field Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University (1931) (0)
Reading in the Elementary Schools of Indianapolis (1919) (0)
Guidebook for people and progress (1944) (0)
Back Matter (1953) (0)
Volume Information (1941) (0)
Current Publications Received (1939) (0)
Selected References on Elementary-School Instruction. II. The Subject Fields (1953) (0)
Educational News and Editorial Comment (1952) (0)
Selected References on Elementary-School Instructions. II. The Subject Fields [Continued] (1937) (0)
Volume Information (1958) (0)
Selected References on Elementary-School Instruction. II. The Subject Fields (1948) (0)
How to Increase Reading Ability. Albert J. Harris (1957) (0)
Selected References on Teacher Education (1938) (0)
The new before we read (1951) (0)
Another Yearbook the Junior College Curriculum (1930) (0)
Book Review:One Hundred Ways of Teaching Silent Reading Nila Banton Smith (0)
Selected References on Teacher Education (1944) (0)
Editorial: The Importance of Good Thinking in Classrooms (1927) (0)
Book Review:Reading for Public School Administrators Arthur I. Gates (0)
Reading in the Elementary Schools of Indianapolis, IV (1919) (0)
Reading and Word Meanings. Edward William Dolch (1928) (0)
Selected References on Elementary-School Instruction. II. The Subject Fields (1954) (0)
Guidebook for wonders and workers (1947) (0)
Volume Information (1940) (0)
Educational News and Editorial Comment (1944) (0)
We look and see (1946) (0)
Guidebook for How do we know (1945) (0)
Peter's family : a study of home life (1942) (0)
Improving reading all curriculum areas : proceedings of the Annual Conference on Reading held at the University of Chicago, 1952, vol.14 (1952) (0)
Think-and-do book : to accompany wonders and workers (1947) (0)
Book Review:Survey of Higher Education for the United Lutheran Church in America R. J. Leonard, E. S. Evenden, F. B. O'Rear (1929) (0)
Volume Information (1942) (0)
Current Publications Received (1941) (0)
The Case Method Technique in Professional Training: A Survey of the Use of Case Studies as a Method of Instruction in Selected Fields and a Study of Its Application in a Teachers College. D. Henryetta Sperle (1934) (0)
Experimental Study of Ability of College Students in Reading (1932) (0)
Book Review:State Maintenance for Teachers in Training Walter Scott Hertzog (1921) (0)
Educational Writings (1917) (0)
The new we look and see, we work and play, we come and go (1951) (0)
Book Review:How to Increase Reading Ability: A Guide to Diagnostic and Remedial Methods Albert J. Harris (1940) (0)
Selected References on Elementary-School Instruction. II. The Subject Fields (1941) (0)
Summary of Reading Investigations (July 1, 1925, to June 30, 1926). II (1927) (0)
Book Review:Education and Certification of Elementary Teachers Frank P. Bachman (1934) (0)
The new streets and roads (1952) (0)
Selected References on Elementary-School Instruction. II. The Subject Fields (1943) (0)
Selected References on Elementary-School Instruction. II. The Subject Fields (1952) (0)
Book Review:The Training of Teachers in England and Wales Lance G. E. Jones (1925) (0)
Farm Children: An Investigation of Rural Child Life in Selected Areas of Iowa. Bird T. Baldwin , Eva Abigail Fillmore , Lora Hadley (1931) (0)
Book Review:A Practical Reader for Adults Josephine Dwight Mason, Gertrude E. O'Brien (1932) (0)
Book Review:Some Methods of Teaching in Six Representative State Teachers Colleges of the United States Paul G. Chandler (1931) (0)
Volume Information (1955) (0)
Book Review:The Pathway to Reading Bessie Blackstone Coleman, Willis L. Uhl, James Fleming Hosic (1926) (0)
Summary of Reading Investigations (July 1, 1924, to June 30, 1925). IV (1926) (0)
Summary of Reading Investigations (July 1, 1926, to June 30, 1927). III (1928) (0)
A High-School Reading Workbook (1949) (0)
Contact! : growth in reading (1942) (0)
Selected References on Teacher Education (1947) (0)
Hello, David : a study of a school neighborhood (1944) (0)
Controversial Issues (1934) (0)
Book Review:Children's Interests in Reading Arthur Melville Jordan (1927) (0)
Guidebook to accompany the new more friends and neighbors (1952) (0)
Reading and CommunicationOral Aspects of ReadingRemedial Reading-Teaching and TreatmentBackwardness in ReadingMaturity in ReadingNonverbal Communication (1958) (0)
Guidebook to accompany the new times nad places (1954) (0)
The School Survey. Jesse B. Sears (1925) (0)
Educational News and Editorial Comment (1941) (0)
The Improvement of Reading. Arthur I. GatesSupervision and Teaching of Reading. Julia M. Harris , H. L. Donovan , Thomas AlexanderThe Teaching and Supervision of Reading. Arthur S. Gist , William A. King (0)
Reading: Making the Most of Books (1933) (0)
Guide book for Time and places (1942) (0)
The new we work and play (1951) (0)
A Study of Ways and Means of Reorganizing and Improving Instruction in Reading (1927) (0)
Guidebook to accompany the new people and progress (1955) (0)
Chapter VII: Reading (1937) (0)
Think-and-do book : to accompany Days and Deeds (1951) (0)
Guidebook to accompany parades (1956) (0)
Educational News and Editorial Comment (1942) (0)
Someday soon : a study of a community and its workers (1947) (0)
The preparation and in-service training of college teachers (1939) (0)
Selected References on Teacher Education (1949) (0)
The Hanover Bank, 1831-1951 (1951) (0)
Educational Writings (1918) (0)
The Teaching of reading and writing / by William S. Gray (1956) (0)
Guide book for All around us (1944) (0)
Selected References on Elementary-School Instruction. II. The Subject Fields (1940) (0)
Guidebook to accompany more times nad places (1955) (0)
Volume Information (1948) (0)
Selected References on Elementary-School Instruction. II. The Subject Fields (1951) (0)
All aroud us (1944) (0)
Selected References on Teacher Education (1952) (0)
Summary of suggested practices (1953) (0)
Summary of Reading Investigations (July 1, 1924, to June 30, 1925). III (1926) (0)
What People Wish to Read: What People Want to Read About (1932) (0)
Educational News and Editorial Comment (1947) (0)
Selected References on Elementary-School Instruction. II. The Subject Fields (1947) (0)
Reading (1939) (0)
Summary of Reading Investigations July I, 1954 to June 30, 1955 (1956) (0)
Summary of Reading Investigations (July 1, 1924, to June 30, 1925). I (1926) (0)
Volume Information (1949) (0)
Summary of Reading Investigations (July 1, 1924, to June 30, 1925). II (1926) (0)
Science is exploring (1961) (0)
Our New Friends (1946) (0)
An Illuminating and Helpful Report concerning Children Who Cannot Read (1932) (0)
The new our new friends (1952) (0)
The new we come and go (1951) (0)
Educational News and Editorial Comment (1950) (0)
The Role of Teacher Education (1961) (0)
Readability: What Makes a Book Readable (1935) (0)
The new more streets and roads (1953) (0)

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