Ah, The Book Whisperer. I just read it over the weekend and had been looking forward to it for awhile. As a preservice teacher, I am woefully ill-equipped in the finances division, so this is not a book I own. Yet. I borrowed it from my lovely library, which I regret to say I haven't used as much as I should (especially since I want to be in the library services).
First off, let me say that I am extremely passionate about literacy and reading. Reading is the entryway to learning. I saw The Book Whisperer at my place of employment several months ago and have browsed through it a couple of times but it wasn't until this weekend that I actually spent time going through and reading it. One word: Wow.
If you're unfamiliar, The Book Whisperer is a teacher's account of how she encourages a love of reading in her sixth grade class. It's so well written that it makes me want to teach sixth grade. And that's a little frightening. Miller discusses her 40-book requirement for a school year and the importance of a good reading role model and a well-stocked classroom library. She deemphasizes classroom novels and suggests alternative ways to teaching literature and language arts. I love it.
I'm sure a lot of the book is fantasy land for a first year teacher, and I will be focuses on getting through ADEPT, but I long to have that kind of literacy environment one day.
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