This booklet provides abstracts of the proceedings of a conference on reading conducted on 27 April 1974 by the Department of Teacher Preparation of York College of the City University of New York. The following conference presentations are discussed: "Reading Readiness--What Do I Believe?" (Lilyan Peters), "Preschool as a Language Laboratory" (Adelle Jacobs), "Beginning Reading Instruction with Immature Learners" (Alice Sheff), "Pre-Kindergarten Screening and Follow-Up" (Rose Flaherty), "Language Arts in the Open Classroom" (Frances Cacha), "Teaching Reading Skills through the Language Experience Approach" (Louise Matteoni), "Evaluation and Development of Reading Comprehension" (Grace Cukras), "Reading Comprehension of Children's Literature" (Phyllis Kornfeld), "Glass Analysis--A Decoding Approach" (Elaine Schwartz), "Sex-Role Stereotypes in Children's Books" (Harriet Bloomberg), "Listening Comprehension for Reading Readiness" (Marie Wittek), and "New York City Dialects and Reading" (Beatrice K. Levy). A bibliography of relevant readings and a list of conference participants are included. (KS)