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BOOK REVIEW
by
Sam Bommarito
I first met authors Jennifer and Hannah at the 2017 NCTE conference held in my hometown of St. Louis. At that presentation, they laid the framework for what became the foundational ideas for this about-to-be-released book. In their collaboration over the past three years, they honed their ideas about how to effectively conference within the workshop setting and then expanded their inquiry into identifying effective ways to promote independent reading. Their work is research-based. Their work is also imminently practical. As you can tell from their bios (found in my blog), both authors have spent considerable time successfully teaching in urban settings.
Hannah’s classroom was used as a model classroom for teachers around the city and country. Both these authors have now moved into consulting. They work directly with classroom teachers around the country to help those teachers develop their craft. I predict this book will become a go-to resource for classroom teachers. During a YouTube interview I asked them a number of questions about Trusting Readers. The questions appear in my blog entry and are time-stamped so readers can easily locate the information from the interview that interests them the most.
Here is a link to the video interview of Jennifer and Hannah about this book:
Name of the Book: Trusting Readers
by Jennifer Scoggin & Hannah Schneewind
Publisher: Heinemann
Date of Publication: 2020
Audience: Teachers
(Professional Development)
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