Readers (Publications) (Genre/Form Term)

Genre terms : a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloging, via WWW, July 28, 2014 (Readers. BT Textbooks. RT Anthologies)

Reitz, J.M. ODLIS : online dictionary for library and information science, July 28, 2014 (reader. Also refers to a textbook containing reading exercises, especially one intended for young schoolchildren. Synonymous in this sense with primer; primer: Originally, a Book of Hours. Later, a book, often illustrated, written for young children to teach them how to read and spell. Synonymous in this sense with Dick and Jane book. In a more general sense, any book that gives the first principles of a subject or basic instruction for beginners )

Art & architecture thesaurus online, July 28, 2014 (readers (textbooks, instructional materials, ... Visual and Verbal Communication). Works containing material for instruction and practice in reading; primers (books). Elementary books for teaching children to read.)

Görlach, M. An alphabetical list of English text types, in Text types and the history of English, c2004: p. 68 (reader: book containing passages for instruction, anthology)

Merriam-Webster online, July 28, 2014 (reader: a book that is used to learn how to read or to practice reading in your own language or in a foreign language)

Oxford dictionaries website, July 28, 2014 (reader 3. A book containing extracts of a particular author's work or passages of text designed to give learners of a language practice in reading.)

Works containing material intended for instruction and practice in reading.