The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every ChildISBN: 978-0-470-37227-2
Paperback
240 pages
March 2009, Jossey-Bass
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Foreword, by Jeff Anderson, author and literacy staff developer ix
Introduction 1
CHAPTER 1 There and Back Again 7
CHAPTER 2 Everybody Is a Reader 19
Whisper STUDENT SURVEYS 39
CHAPTER 3 There’s a Time and a Place 47
CHAPTER 4 Reading Freedom 69
Whisper READER’S NOTEBOOKS 99
CHAPTER 5 Walking the Walk 103
CHAPTER 6 Cutting the Teacher Strings 119
Whisper END-OF-YEAR EVALUATIONS 153
CHAPTER 7 Letting Go 159
Afterword, by Ron D. Myers, principal 179
Appendix A: The Care and Feeding of a Classroom Library 183
Appendix B: Ultimate Library List 193
Appendix C: Student Forms 201
References 213
Index 217
Acknowledgments 225
About the Author 228
About the Sponsor 228