The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child

Donalyn Miller says she has yet to meet a child she couldn't turn into a reader. No matter how far behind Miller's students might be when they reach her 6th grade classroom, they end up reading an average of 40 to 50 books a year. Miller's unconventional approach dispenses with drills and worksheets that make reading a chore. Instead, she helps students navigate the world of literature and gives them time to read books they pick out themselves. Her love of books and teaching is both infectious and inspiring. The book includes a dynamite list of recommended "kid lit" that helps parents and teachers find the books that students really like to read.

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• Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It
• Game Changer! Book Access for All Kids
• The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum, Expanded Edition: A Tool for Assessment, Planning, and Teaching, PreK-8
• Disrupting Thinking: Why How We Read Matters
• The Reading Strategies Book: Your Everything Guide to Developing Skilled Readers
• Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers
• The Daily 5: Fostering Literacy in the Elementary Grades
• The Ramped-Up Read Aloud: What to Notice as You Turn the Page [Grades PreK-3] (Corwin Literacy)
• Understanding Texts & Readers: Responsive Comprehension Instruction with Leveled Texts