Sunday, February 27, 2005

List #5 READING AND EDUCATION

Now is the time for the list by which I ran my professional life for 33 years--those years when I was a middle and high school English teacher, a school librarian and a university teacher of children's and young adult literature

Reading and Education

Manguel, Alberto. A HISTORY OF READING

Calkins, Lucy. RAISING LIFE LONG LEARNERS--a must read for all parents

Codell, Esme Raji. HOW TO GET YOUR CHILD TO LOVE READING

Fox, Mem. DEAR MEM FOX, I'VE READ ALL YOUR BOOKS, EVEN THE PATHETIC ONES
RADICAL REFLECTIONS, PASSIONATE OPINIONS ON TEACHING, LEARNING AND LIVING
READING MAGIC

Healy, Jane. ENDANGERED MINDS--a must for every parent and teacher--exposes the
vacuous content of Sesame Street
Hunt, Lois. HONEY FOR A CHILD'S HEART
HONEY FOR A WOMAN'S HEART--slightly dated bibliographies of good reading

Karolides, Nicholas J. 100 BANNED BOOKS, CENSORSHIP HISTORIES OF WORLD LITERATURE--
I have always been interested in and incensed by censorship. Books included here
are the Bible, To Kill A Mockingbird, Oliver Twist, Dr. Zhivago, The Scarlet
Letter, etc.

O'Hanion, Susan. WHO'S IN CHARGE? A TEACHER SPEAKS HER MIND.--how did she know my
philosophy of teaching?

Pearl, Nancy. BOOK LUST, RECOMMENDED READING FOR EVERY MOOD, MOMENT AND REASON--
love the book title, the reviews and the connections she makes

Quindlen, Anna. HOW READING CHANGED MY LIFE

Trelease, Jim. THE READ ALOUD HANDBOOK--another great help for parents with chapters
on the importance of reading aloud and the insidious intrusion of TV into family
life, plus bibliographies of books to read to kids of every age

Schwartz, Lynne. RUINED BY READING

Yolen, Jane. TOUCH MAGIC

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