Forged by reading : the power of a literate life
(2020)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
418.4/BEERS,G

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 418.4/BEERS,G Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., [2020]
©2020
DESCRIPTION

207 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781338670905, 1338670905, 9781338670905
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Introduction: We turn to you -- Part 1: Change. Becoming ; A meeting of minds ; Sailing into tomorrow ; The truth of fiction ; Lily ; The courage to act -- Part II: Power. Power and the suppression of power ; Sitting in discomfort ; From hard thinking to hardly thinking ; Relevance: all that really matters ; "So what?" ; Leaning in ; The second most important way to improve comprehension -- Part III: Hope. The independent reader ; Questions about independent reading ; From transaction to transformation ; Wondering and wandering ; Forging ahead -- Conclusion: What we've known all along -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A: Explanation of the Notice & Note Signposts -- Appendix B: Grant opportunities for books and building inclusive libraries -- References -- Index

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