Raising Kids Who Read: What Parents and Teachers Can Do - Hardcover

Praise for RAISING KIDS WHO READ

"Raising Kids Who Read provides a fresh, down-to-earth approach to the difficult charge of raising a lifelong reader. It's filled with practical, easy-to-follow advice that busy parents and teachers can implement. Willingham makes it fun to read, like having coffee with a friend."
―Angela Kanak, English teacher, Kankakee High School, Kankakee, IL

"Engaging ... Willingham's tone is sometimes playful and always genuine. I particularly appreciated his refreshing mix of candor and positivity. When parents finish reading this manuscript, they'll feel inspired to make changes in the home environment, empowered to do so, and enthusiastic about the potential benefit."
―Jessica Pack, 2014 California Teacher of the Year; blogger, packwomantech.com

Praise for WHY DON'T STUDENTS LIKE SCHOOL?

"Brilliant analysis ..."
―Wall Street Journal

"Dan Willingham, rare among cognitive scientists for also being a wonderful writer, has produced a book about learning in school that reads like a trip through a wild and thrilling new country. For teachers and parents, even students, there are surprises on every page."
―Jay Mathews, education columnist, Washington Post

"Few other books that attempt to relate brain research to learning and teaching are as clear and straightforward."
―The School Administrator

"Startling ... thought-provoking ... a valuable contribution to any teacher's bookshelf."
―Childhood Education

You don't need to be a superhero to help kids love reading

Reading is our link to the world around us--past, present, and future. Yet today's kids live in a media-saturated world that entices them with a glut of less enriching alternatives. In Raising Kids Who Read, best-selling author and psychology professor Daniel T. Willingham provides parents and teachers with practical solutions for engendering a love of reading that lasts into adulthood.

Similar to Willingham's much-lauded Why Don't Students Like School?, this new book combines evidence-based analysis of the latest research with engaging, insightful recommendations. Willingham reveals the three elements that are essential for kids to enjoy reading--decoding, comprehension, and motivation--and provides practical tips for supporting all three from birth through adolescence. Weaving together intellectually rich arguments and entertaining discussion, Raising Kids Who Read offers

• Research-based, concrete suggestions that help parents and teachers instill a love of reading
• Age-specific tips for developing decoding ability, comprehension, and motivation in kids from birth onward
• Advice for helping kids with reading problems and encouraging reading in the digital age

Debunking myths about literacy instruction, Raising Kids Who Read will empower you to share the joy of reading with kids of all ages.