Name: Melissa Moore's review of The book whisperer by Donalyn Miller
Item: The book whisperer
Rating: 4
Author: Melissa Moore

Donalyn Miller

awakening the inner reader in every child

The book whisperer

Melissa Moore

Stephanie Denton

This is one of the best books I've read on teaching reading. It's geared to upper elementary and middle school teachers. She validated how I feel about so many things we've done with kids over the years to teach reading, that just don't work. She gives ideas of how to make simple changes in our classrooms to help students get more out of reading, both fiction and non-fiction. I'm anxiously awaiting the arrival of her second book, Reading in the Wild, in the mail later this week.

Melissa Palmer

Re-read before leading a book study on it this coming spring.

Nadine 

It was opportune that I re-read this just as I was going to a school librarian conference & one of the speakers was Dr Chu reporting excellent results from his book battle program in Hong Kong. 
As a parent and an educator I say yeah and amen to unencumbered reading by our students. And yet ... We still have the reluctant readers despite this philosophy and she too has to admit once the students pass through to another classroom they may not continue on the path she has set for them. 
I suspect the answer may lie somewhere in the middle & we need to do some rigorous research to compare - plus as my Asian colleagues mentioned - may some of this be culturally determined as to what will succeed I which population? 
Worth a careful read.

Melissa Moore &
The book whisperer by Donalyn Miller

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