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.

Rawley: I can remember getting a summer reading list in middle <a href="http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/book_whisperer/2009/06/summer_rerun_a_tale_of_two_tab.html#comment-37408" title="full comment on: Summer Rerun-- The Tale of Two Tables">read more
Connie Giovanini: Our school system gives our 6th graders a suggested list <a href="http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/book_whisperer/2009/06/summer_rerun_a_tale_of_two_tab.html#comment-37391" title="full comment on: Summer Rerun-- The Tale of Two Tables">read more
Jeanie: I agree with you 100%. When I taught in West <a href="http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/book_whisperer/2008/07/the_tale_of_two_tables_1.html#comment-37380" title="full comment on: The Tale of Two Tables">read more
Kate Messner: Thanks for the link, Donalyn -- and for the note <a href="http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/book_whisperer/2009/06/summer_rerun_a_tale_of_two_tab.html#comment-37244" title="full comment on: Summer Rerun-- The Tale of Two Tables">read more
Amy Waarntz: As I reflect back to my middle school and high <a href="http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/book_whisperer/2009/06/summer_rerun_a_tale_of_two_tab.html#comment-37218" title="full comment on: Summer Rerun-- The Tale of Two Tables">read more

December 2010 Archives

Donalyn Miller examines the current trend in dystopian young adult literature and provides book recommendations for outstanding dystopian YA.

Donalyn Miller and her students look forward to the upcoming holiday break by making reading plans.

6935 Arlington Road, Bethesda MD 20814 1-800-346-1834 (Main Office) 1-800-445-8250 (Customer Service)