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Books portal; For Dummies – a similar series of how-to books from John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Découvertes Gallimard, a similar series in French of introductory books, noted for its fine illustration. Some titles are translated in other languages. FabJob – a similar series of how-to-books for starting a business or dream career
Various books in the series. Notable For Dummies books include: DOS For Dummies, the first, published in 1991, whose first printing was just 7,500 copies [4] [5] Windows for Dummies, asserted to be the best-selling computer book of all time, with more than 15 million sold [4]
The Introducing... series, like the For Beginners series, has its origins in two Spanish-language books, Cuba para principiantes (1960) and Marx para principiantes (1972) by the Mexican political cartoonist and writer Rius, pocket books which put their content over in a humorous comic book way but with a serious underlying purpose.
The series began in 1995, and by March 2023 there were 730 titles, published or announced. [2] [3] The books have been commercially successful, [4] and have been published in more than 25 languages. [5] Institutions can subscribe to an online service to allow their users to read the books. [6]
The books are also gaining some popularity for classroom use [citation needed] because of their novel approach to their subject matters. The official web site for the Head First series has forums for each book as well as code downloads and sample chapters. They include: Head First Agile (ISBN 978-1449314330) by Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene
Vera Southgate wrote over fifty primers and reading books, often included in basal reading schemes. These books provided a structured, step-by-step approach to teaching children to read. She gained widespread recognition for the Well Loved Tales, a Ladybird-graded reading book series, which sold 80 million copies but reached a much larger ...
I Can Read! is a line of beginning reading books published by HarperCollins.The series is rated by level and is widely used to teach children to read English. The first book in the series was Else Holmelund Minarik's Little Bear, published in 1957, and subsequent notable titles have included Amelia Bedelia and Frog and Toad.
A reading book or basal reader is a book used to teach children. Reading book may also refer to: Book, a book used to record information; Textbook, a book for standard work; Comic book, a book of comic strips; Novel, a long work of narrative form; Chapter book, a book for intermediate readers; Encyclopedia, a book providing summaries of knowledge