The Book Whisperer By: Donalyn Miller

Have you ever started reading a book and you get so "into" the book that you get upset when you have to put it down because your kids are hungry and you are suppose to be fixing them something to eat? Well...that was me with this book today.

Over at The Brown-Bag Teacher http://thebrownbagteacher.blogspot.com she is gearing up for a Summer Book Study with a Book called 'Reading in the Wild' by Donalyn Miller. This is Ms. Miller's second book and the way Catherine at The Brown-Bag Teacher describes her writing style I had to join in. So since they will be doing a study on the second book I thought it might be a good idea to read the first book (although they stated in their post that it was not necessary I am kind of a nerd when it comes to keeping things in order).

So today since we were out of school (not due to weather but an E-Coli scare) I purchased the book, 'The Book Whisper' and sat down and started reading. WHOO HOO, I am loving it! This book is amazing and I was not happy to have to put it down. I love how she writes and how she tells you exactly what she is thinking about things. I love that she also doesn't like the sound of the terms we use for readers in our classrooms such as struggling readers and reluctant readers but instead chooses to put a more positive spin on their abilities by calling then developing readers! It is amazing to me how as teachers we can choose to go negative with our students but thinking that we are being positive. 

At this point I am doing a quick read through the book to get an idea of the concepts and then I plan to go back through the book with my pencil and notebook for some serious learning!

This is a must read for all teachers!