Topic: Whole Book Reading

What is bibliotherapy? Learn how to choose books that you will not only enjoy, but will help you grow into the kind of person you want to be.

In many schools, teachers are under immense pressure to keep up with pacing guides that come with their curriculum, leaving seemingly no room for reading whole books. Marilyn Pryle dissects the necessities of choice and ownership in getting kids to read for pleasure.

No one becomes an avid reader on a diet of text tidbits. Practicing reading skills on paragraph-long excerpts lacks authenticity; it is absent of purpose apart from “doing school.” Books are more than tools for teaching children how to read. They are the reason to read.

The literacy crisis is more than "kids aren't reading!" Let's explore why and how we can get them back to whole books. Featuring new posts from Carol Jago, Penny Kittle, Marilyn Pryle, and more. Excerpts from previous titles by Kelly Gallagher, Tom Newkirk, Stephanie Affinito, and more.