The theme of this issue of the "Minnesota English Journal" is reading. The contents include "Preamblings," which discusses some of the current concerns in reading instruction; "The State of Minnesota's Right to Read Program," which looks at the Minnesota plan for building the reading program in conjunction with inservice education, and for developing leadership within administrations; "What Every Teacher Should Know About Dyslexia," which points out symptoms characteristic of the dyslexic child; "The Hidden Handicap in the High School Classroom," which discusses a high school student's problems and the remediation procedure used with him; "'A Woman's Place': What's Cooking in Junior High School English Anthologies," which reports the results of research to determine the existence of stereotyped or biased portrayals of women in books that teachers may be using; "Women in Fiction," which discusses a course that looks at the role of women in fiction; "A Unit on Minnesota Indians: The Anishinabe and The Dakota"; "Literature and Life: Searching through the Creative Process," which discusses a method of teaching literature; and "About the Female of the Species," which looks at the portrayal of women in children's books. (WR)