The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child written by Donalyn Miller , has been enthusiastically received and reviewed by teachers and bloggers. Below is a review from Library Journal (March, 15, 2009) by Mark Bay of the University of Cumberlands Library in Williamsburg, KY: Miller, a sixth-grade language arts and social studies teacher and blogger, as enabled students of many different backgrounds to enjoy reading and to be good at it; her students regularly score high on the Texas standardized tests. Her approach is simple yet provocative: affirm the reader in every student, allow students to choose their own books, carve out extra reading time, model authentic reading behaviors, discard timeworn reading assignments such as book reports and comprehension worksheets, and develop a classroom library filled with high-interest books. Her students regularly read more than 40 books in a school year and leave her classroom with an appreciation and love of books and read
Reviews, resources, and ideas to accompany "The Joy of Children's Literature."