1. A model of skilled reading before we look inside the brain of a reader -- 2. Looking inside the brain-- glimmerings of insight from brain scan research and the neurobiology of reading -- 3. Outside-the-brain changes in beginning readers -- 4. Outside-the-brain changes in spellers and writers -- 5. How and why to intervene during the "tadpole" phases of beginning literacy -- 6. The intervention blueprint -- 7. Five phases of intervention, support, and instruction-- up as close as you can get -- 8. Reforming kindergartens by teaching writing-- visions and voices from the pioneers-- plus learning about love -- 9. "The remedy should be applied where the evil commences," otherwise we're in trouble! -- 10. Come see a miracle -- Postscript: A letter from my mother -- Appendix: The instructional blueprint -- References -- Index.