Cover of "You Gotta Be the Book": Teaching Engaged and Reflective Reading With Adolescents (Language and Literacy Series )

"You Gotta Be the Book": Teaching Engaged and Reflective Reading With Adolescents (Language and Literacy Series )

Over a decade ago, Jeffrey Wilhelm's groundbreaking book showed educators how to think of reading as a personally meaningful, pleasureable, and productive pursuit. This edition includes an added commentary to each chapter, which reflects on the research and insights originally introduced.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 244 pages

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