What Reading experiences have entertained you, provoked you, taught you, inspired you, helped you to see your own life more clearly, or connected you with others? As teachers, librarians, school administrators, and caregivers who love reading, we know what it feels like to fall into a book and let the world fall away.
We can aim higher than short-sighted measurements and, instead, become Reading encouragers, supporters, and role models for lifelong, joyful reading..
There\'s more to Reading than school-based value systems for it.
There\'s more to life than school and work.
Donalyn Miller and Teri Lesesne draw from their decades of work with students, teachers, and librarians, providing practices that nurture joy while identifying factors that destroy joy, all with a clear understanding of the realities of today\'s classrooms and libraries.
The Joy of Reading is a guide for teachers, librarians, administrators, and families to create the conditions for joyful reading.
Here\'s the truth: It is possible to teach children how to read well without killing their love for Reading in the process.
It is something that is required of them, but not something that they choose to do.
Now consider: When talking with children about their Reading lives at school, are you likely to hear about this transformative Reading joy? Or are you more likely to hear about Reading logs, book reports, and standardized tests? For too many young readers, Reading is joyless.
We have joyous Reading memories, and we know how Reading can sustain and inspire us.
What Reading experiences have entertained you, provoked you, taught you, inspired you, helped you to see your own life more clearly, or connected you with others? As teachers, librarians, school administrators, and caregivers who love reading, we know what it feels like to fall into a book and let the world fall away
