Years ago I was on a team that reviewed this wonderful series of readers for young children in grade one. We were so impressed with the workbooks and the text found in the Laidlaw series.I still use this book with my first grade children. They love the content of the stories and when the workbook was available, it was excellent-had few directions (not wordy) and was child friendly. I would highly suggest this series of books for young readers.

This book is essentially a workbook for speed reading and improved understanding. It makes use of mini-excercises that will remind you of the reading comprehension section of the good ol' SAT's. The whole point is to show you how to read books while minimizing time spent and maximizing your comprehension of the material. By the time I finished this book, I must admit that I was finding college textbooks to not be nearly as intimidating. I would recommend this book to anyone, especially students. The only downside to this book (and the reason I only gave it 3 stars) was that the book is a little rough around the edges. The style is dated and rather mundane, making it rough going for anyone who has anything less than a superb attention span. Overall this book was great considering it was published in 1988. It would be a winner if they updated it and published a sequel of sorts.