Description:

With a clear eye on the reality of today's classrooms, Penny provides practical strategies and advice on:

• increasing volume, capacity, and complexity over time
• creating a balance of independent reading, text study, and novel study
• helping students deepen their thinking through writing about reading
• building a classroom library with themes that matter to 21^st century kids.

Book Love is a call to arms for putting every single kid, no exceptions allowed, on a personal reading journey. But much more than that, it's a powerful reminder of why we became English teachers in the first place: our passion for books. Books matter. Stories heal. The right book in the hands of a kid can change a life forever. We can't wait for anyone else to teach our students a love of books-it's up to us and the time is now. If not you, who?