The paper presented at this conference, the theme of which was "Celebrating Literacy," focused on theories and applications of literature-based education and the use of holistic methods across the curriculum. Following an introduction by the editors, the book contains the following 12 papers: "Windows and Mirrors: Children's Books and Parallel Cultures" (Rudine Sims Bishop); "Using a Literature-Based Program with Students with Reading and Writing Difficulties" (Linda Prentice and Patricia Tefft Cousin); "What It Takes to Have a Literature-Based Reading and Language Arts Program" (Julia Candace Corliss); "Celebrate Literacy: Cultivate Risk-Taking" (J. Dixon Hearne and Linda M. LeBlanc); "Building Bridges to Literacy: Merging Children's Spanish Literature and Social Studies" (J. Sabrina Mims); "The Westhoff Project: Creating a Whole Language School" (Darlene M. Michener); "Reading to Learn and Other Study Strategies: Transitions into Junior High/Middle School" (Olivette Scott Miller and T. Patrick Mullen); "Make Every Kid an Author" (Susan Abel and Andrea Street); "Would You Rather" (Evelyn Hanssen and Dorothy Menosky); "Sound Effects Stories" (Adria F. Klein); "The Writing Process and Cooperative Learning" (Beverly Young); and "Collaboration and Text Revision" (Margaret A. Atwell). (PRA)