This scholarly journal, an official publication of the Reading Recovery Council of North America, provides an interdisciplinary forum on issues related to the acquisition of language, literacy development, and instructional theory and practice. Articles in Volume 7, Numbers 1 and 2 (comprising volume 7) are: "The Why? What? When? And How? of Tutoring: The Development of Helping and Tutoring Skills in Children" (David Wood); "You Go to b ab t rod the 16 levo [You Got to Be Able to Read the 16 Level]: Derek's Literacy Learning Story in First Grade" (Maria Luiza Dantas); "Metacognitive Strategy Knowledge: Comparison of Former Reading Recovery Children and Their Current Classmates" (Maribeth Cassidy Schmitt); "Envisioning Story: The Eye Movements of Beginning Readers" (Peter Duckett); and "Phonemic Awareness: Clarifying What We Know" (Marilyn L. Chapman). (NKA)