Bettina L. Love

Mariame Kaba

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Connecticut

Reading & Language Arts

An Abolitionist Toolkit for Educators

A political vision for a future ripe with alternatives to imprisonment and punishment.

Lessons in Liberation

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Gloria Ladson-Billings

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Successful Teachers of African American Children

In the second edition of her critically acclaimed book The Dreamkeepers, Gloria Ladson-Billings revisits the eight teachers who were profiled in the first edition and introduces us to new teachers who are current exemplars of good teaching. She shows that culturally relevant teaching is not a matter of race, gender, or teaching style. What matters most is a teacher's efforts to work with the unique strengths a child brings to the classroom. A brilliant mixture of scholarship and storytelling, The Dreamkeepers challenges us to envision intellectually rigorous and culturally relevant classrooms that have the power to improve the lives of not just African American students, but all children. This new edition also includes questions for reflection

The Dreamkeepers

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Penny Kittle

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers

"I believe each of my students must craft an individual reading life of challenge, whim, curiosity, and hunger, andI've discovered that it is not too late in high school to lead a non-reader to reading. It's never too late."-Penny Kittle

Penny Kittle wants us to face the hard truths every English teacher fears: too many kids don't read the assigned texts, and some even manage to slip by without having ever read a single book by the time they graduate. As middle and high school reading declines, college professors lament students' inability to comprehend and analyze complex texts, while the rest of us wonder: what do we lose as a society when so many of our high school graduates have no interest in reading anything?

In Book LovePenny takes student apathy head on, first by recognizing whystudents don't read and then showing us that when we give kids books that are right for them, along with time to read and regular response to their thinking, we can create a pathway to satisfying reading that leads to more challenging literature and ultimately, a love of reading.

With a clear eye on the reality of today's classrooms, Penny provides practical strategies and advice on:

 * increasing volume, capacity, and complexity over time
 * creating a balance of independent reading, text study, and novel study
 * helping students deepen their thinking through writing about reading
 * building a classroom library with themes that matter to 21stcentury kids.

Book Loveis a call to arms for putting every single kid, no exceptions allowed, on a personal reading journey. But much more than that, it's a powerful reminder of why we became English teachers in the first place: our passion for books. Books matter. Stories heal. The right book in the hands of a kid can change a life forever. We can't wait for anyone else to teach our students a love of books-it's up to us and the time is now. If not you, who?

For information about the Book Love Foundation, which provides classroom libraries to deserving teachers and schools, visit booklovefoundation.org. [http://booklovefoundation.org/]

Book Love

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