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Leading to reading

Donalyn Miller reassessed her teaching practices in order to pass on her passion for reading to students.

Our common humanity

Gene Luen Yang discusses how books like Richard Wright’s Black Boy capture our common humanity.

Books begin a discussion

Jacqueline Woodson tries to bring her readers into the wider world and inspire them to start asking questions like “What would I do in this situation?” 

The limits of Lexile

Miller has observed that Lexile rankings can limit young readers and aren’t always the best measure of text complexity.

Dr. Seuss and superheroes

Gene Luen Yang discusses his early love of Dr. Seuss and the superheroes Spider-Man and Superman.

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