The Book Whisperer

This is an excellent and inspiring book for reading teachers. It was fun and easy to read and had some very usable ideas I plan to apply in my own classroom. The appendices will be very useful to me, especially the book list from the students because while I think I know what students want to read, I could be getting it very wrong.I disagree, however, with the stance on whole-class books. I think it's important for all students to read some classic books regardless of personal taste. Yes, it is hard to find books that are suitable for every child in class but it can be done with a bit of creativity. There is no harm, in my opinion, in teaching a whole-class book during part of the class and then allowing time for personal choice reading for the rest of the time. This is the model described in [b:Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do about It 6012327 Readicide How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do about It Kelly Gallagher http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255634725s/6012327.jpg 6187541] and it made a lot of sense to me.