Donalyn Miller is a 6th grade language arts teacher in Texas who is said to have a "gift": She can turn even the most reluctant (or, in her words, "dormant") readers into students who can't put their books down. Donalyn is the author of The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child (Jossey-Bass/Education Week Press). She first appeared in teachermagazine.org in the popular"Creating Readers" Ask The Mentor column. She writes about how to inspire and motivate student readers, and responds to issues facing teachers and other leaders in the literacy field.

Esme Raji Codell Reviews The Book Whisperer

By Elizabeth Rich on May 21, 2009 11:35 AM | 2 Comments

Editor's Note:

Esme Raji Codell, reading guru and author of How to Get Your Child to Love Reading, gives Donalyn Miller's book a great review in her blog.

Posted by: roller coaster teacher | May 29, 2009 1:51 PM

Great review! I met Ms. Codell at a local conference for librarians and teachers - she is awesome!

Posted by: danial | May 30, 2009 8:16 AM

That is a great post

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