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New
Edition
2008 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice
Magazine • Distinguished contribution to
teachers and teacher education—Brown
University
“You Gotta
BE the Book”
Teaching
Engaged and
Reflective
Reading
with
Adolescents,
Second Edition
Jeffrey D.
Wilhelm
“Will grab your attention and your
heart in the first few pages.”
—English Education
(of first edition)
“Deserves to be read, needs to be
heard, and ultimately belongs on the
desks—within arm’s reach—of teachers,
administrators, students, and
professors.”
—Journal of Adolescent and
Adult Literacy (of first editon)
In this expanded edition, Wilhelm
adds a new commentary to each
chapter in which he reflects on the
research and insights he introduced
in his now-classic text.
2008/264 pp./PB, $23.95/4846-6
Language and Literacy Series
“Teaching
Literacy
for Love and
Wisdom
Being the Book
and Being the
Change
Jeffrey D.
Wilhelm
and Bruce Novak
Foreword by Sheridan Blau
If you yearn, as I do, for an education
that encourages students to come
alive to themselves, to others, and to
the world, you must read this book.
Wilhelm and Novak point the way
with stories of great teaching and
learning and a powerful framework of
ideas that sheds light on teaching in
every discipline.”
—Parker J. Palmer,
bestselling author
This provocative book builds on
themes central to Jeffrey Wilhelm’s
influential work, “You Gotta BE The
Book.” Videos and written materials
from the conference launching this
book, along with ongoing discussion
and commentary can be found
at www.aepl.org/2011conference.
2011/272 pp./PB, $27.95/5236-4
HC, $60/5237-1
Language and Literacy Series
A joint publication with the National Council of
Teachers of English (NCTE) and the National
Writing Project (NWP)
Literacy
for Real
Reading,
Thinking, and
Learning in
the Content
Areas (Middlethrough
High-
School)
ReLeah
Cossett Lent
Foreword by
Jeffrey D. Wilhelm
Written by an experienced professional
development consultant,
Literacy for Real is a hands-on guide
to meaningful reading across the
content areas of English, math, science,
and social studies in grades
6–12. It presents key information
that addresses all types of 21stcentury
literacy—visual, digital, and
print—in an easy-to-use format.
2009/144 pp./PB, $20.95/4943-2
large format, 10 photographs
Language and Literacy Series
(Practitioner’s Bookshelf)
Author received 2009
NCTE James R. Squire Award
Reading
Without
Nonsense
Fourth Edition
Frank Smith
Reading Without
Nonsense
remains a
groundbreaking,
humanistic
antidote to the managed “systems”
approach to reading instruction.
In his extensively revised fourth
edition, Frank Smith brings teachers
and teacher educators up to
date on how reading should not
be taught. This new edition is a
necessary reminder that reading
and learning to read are natural
activities.
2006/176 pp./PB, $24.95/4686-8
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and dependencies, only
NEW
Best
Seller
The Vocabulary Book
Learning and Instruction
Michael F. Graves
“Broad enough to instruct students with small vocabularies,
exceptional vocabularies, and every child in
between.” —Reading Today
This text presents a comprehensive plan for vocabulary
instruction from kindergarten through high
school—one broad enough to instruct students with
small vocabularies, exceptional vocabularies, and
every child in between. Written by one of the top
experts in the field, this practical book presents a research-based program
with plenty of classroom examples and strategies that teachers can use.
The comprehensive plan includes four parts: rich and varied language experiences,
teaching individual words, teaching word learning strategies, and
fostering word consciousness.
2006/192 pp./PB, $23.95/4627-1/HC, $48/4628-8
Language and Literacy Series
A joint publication with IRA (Int’l Reading Assoc.)and NCTE (Nat’l Council of Teachers of English)
Teaching Individual Words
One Size Does Not Fit All (K–8)
Michael F. Graves
Foreword by James F. Baumann
Building on The Vocabulary Book, Michael Graves
describes a practical program for teaching individual
words in the K–8 classroom. Designed to foster
effective, efficient, and engaging differentiated
instruction, Teaching Individual Words combines
the latest research with vivid illustrations from real
classrooms.
2009/120 pp./PB, $15.95/4930-2 large format, 10 photographs
Language and Literacy Series (Practitioner’s Bookshelf)
A joint publication with IRA
The Administration and Supervision
of Reading Programs
Fourth Edition
Edited by Shelley B. Wepner
and Dorothy S. Strickland
Foreword by Jack Cassidy
This popular textbook is still the most comprehensive
resource on the oversight of literacy programs
(preK–12). The text covers selecting materials, assessing
the quality of teachers, providing staff development,
working with different types of learners, and incorporating writing
and technology.
Contributors: Kathyrn H. Au • Rita M. Bean • Karen Bromley • Mary
Elizabeth Curran • Douglas Fisher • James Flood • Jennifer L. Goeke • Bill
Harp • James V. Hoffman • Barbara A. Kapinus • Julie K. Kidd • Linda
D. Labbo • Diane Lapp • Michael C. McKenna • Christine A. McKeon •
Kathleen C. Mooney • Maryann Mraz • Diana J. Quatroche • Ruth E.
Quiroa • Taffy E. Raphael • Kristen D. Ritchey • Misty Sailors • Dorothy
S. Strickland • Liqing Tao • William H. Teale • Jo Anne L. Vacca • Richard
T. Vacca • Jean Payne Vintinner • Sharon Walpole • Shelley B. Wepner •
Junko Yokota
2008/288 pp./PB, $30.95/4849-7 large format, 16 photos
Language and Literacy Series
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