As you click through the different pages there are a variety of online resources. The resources contain research on best practices as well as some activities on how to approach the different areas of literacy. Below are links that, currently, do not fully fit into each category.
Motivation:
http://www.readingonline.org/articles/handbook/guthrie/
http://curry.virginia.edu/go/clic/nrrc/gambrell.html
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/43271/
Tips on Motivation
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/43271/
English Language Learners:
http://iteslj.org/Articles/Stott-Schema.html
Book Resources-ELL
http://www.cal.org/acquiringliteracy/publications/index.html#1
Oral Language: (Though this is geared towards preschool-age children, the lack of oral language skills can contribute to a child struggling in reading.)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01576.x/full
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110818142746.htm
http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2011/08/preschool-language-literacy/
http://www.readingrockets.org/news/42902/
Additional Resources:
What is Scientifically Based Research
http://lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/science_research.pdf
Putting Reading First
http://lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/PRFbooklet.pdf
Parents-Big Dreams
http://lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/big_dreams.pdf