Project PROUD (People Reading Their Own Unique Dictation) was designed to focus on the problems associated with book-centered, one-to-one tutoring to help adults learn to read. The problems that the project sought to eliminate were uninteresting, nonpertinent materials; focus on single skills rather than reading as communication; lack of learner-centered, self-worth attitudes; and feelings of being a one-of-a-kind nonreader. The project staff trained tutors in the language experience approach and designed appropriate accompanying exercises. The tutors then had students dictate stories concerning their experiences, knowledge, and concerns. Students then worked through these stories and exercises. Tutors submitted the stories and exercises to Mid-State Literacy Council for grouping according to reading level, editing, and publication in a set of six books. The six books that contain students' language experience stories with accompanying skill exercises and comprehension questions were developed for adult students at the 0-4 reading level, including non-English speaking adults. (YLB)