14 must-read teaching books like A Novel Approach: Whole-Class Novels, Student-Centered Teaching, and Choice by Kate Roberts

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A Novel Approach: Whole-Class Novels, Student-Centered Teaching, and Choice

By: Kate Roberts

4.31

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

As an English teacher, Kate Roberts has seen the power of whole-class novels to build community in …

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Cover of Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It by Richard L. Allington, Kelly Gallagher

1. Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It

By: Richard L. Allington , Kelly Gallagher

4.29

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practi… read more

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  • teaching
  • academic
  • read for school
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • education
"...read books through the lens of life preparation."

-Richard L. Allington, Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It

"What do we mean when we say our school 'values' reading?"

-Richard L. Allington, Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It

"I am not simply teaching the reading; I am teaching the reader."

-Richard L. Allington, Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It

"To become a lifelong reader, one has to do a lot of varied and interesting reading."

-Richard L. Allington, Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It

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2. Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading

By: Kylene Beers , Robert E. Probst , G. Kylene Beers

4.46

Format: 274 pages,

Beers and Probst offer insights into how to create text dependent questioning in assisting students… read more

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  • school
  • teaching
  • academic
  • read for school
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • education
"Literature enables us to see our world and ourselves more clearly, to understand our lives more fully."

-Kylene Beers, Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading

"They will need you to put the right books in their hands, book in which they can lose themselves and books in which they can find themselves."

-Kylene Beers, Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading

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3. The First Days of School: How to Be An Effective Teacher [with CD]

By: Harry K. Wong , Rosemary T. Wong

3.99

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

Over 3 million copies have been sold of the preeminent book on classroom management and teaching fo… read more

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  • school
  • teaching
  • academic
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • education
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4. Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers

By: Penny Kittle

4.03

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

"I believe each of my students must craft an individual reading life of challenge, whim, curiosity,… read more

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  • school
  • teaching
  • college
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • education
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5. The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child

By: Donalyn Miller

4.39

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • school
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • education
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6. Reading in the Wild

By: Donalyn Miller , Susan Kelley

3.95

Format: 161 pages,

Teaching students to become lifelong readers A companion to the bestselling offers solid advice an… read more

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  • school
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • education
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7. All American Boys

By: Jason Reynolds , Brendan Kiely

4.02

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Rashad is absent again today. That's the sidewalk graffiti that started it all... Well, no, actuall… read more

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  • audiobook
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8. Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

By: Katherine Arden

4.01

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling adult author of The Bear and the Nightingale makes her middle grade debu… read more

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  • audiobook
"You might get to know characters in books, Ollie thought, but getting to know a human was an entirely different thing."

-Katherine Arden, Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

"You don't waste October sunshine. Soon the old autumn sun would bed down in cloud blankets and there would be weeks of gray rain before it finally decided to snow."

-Katherine Arden, Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

"Other than her homework, Ollie was carrying Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini, a broken-spined paperback that she'd dug out of he dad's bookshelves. She mostly liked it. Peter Blood outsmarted everyon…"

-Katherine Arden, Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

Cover of No More Fake Reading: Merging the Classics With Independent Reading to Create Joyful, Lifelong Readers (Corwin Literacy) by Berit Gordon

9. No More Fake Reading: Merging the Classics With Independent Reading to Create Joyful, Lifelong Readers (Corwin Literacy)

By: Berit Gordon

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

For middle and high school teachers, it’s one of today’s most vexing How do you motivate students … read more

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  • teaching
  • read for school
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • education
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10. Homebody

By: Theo Parish

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more

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"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

Cover of Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2) by Dan Gemeinhart

11. Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart comes a standalone companion to the critic… read more

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  • audiobook
"But it's not the sandwich that matter Coyote. It's someone bringing you the sandwich."

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

"I'm gonna go ahead a fast-forward the story a bit here. Because, basically some boring stuff happened and then some very exciting stuff happened, and I think it's best to just skip the crust and go s…"

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

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12. Free Lunch

By: Rex Ogle

4.37

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Instead of giving him lunch money, Rex’s mom has signed him up for free meals. As a poor kid in a w… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I don't know why, but I don't trust the word free anymore. Lunch here is supposed to be free, but it feels like it costs me a lot."

-Rex Ogle, Free Lunch

"On the back, it has the address, and says, free lunch! A chill runs up my spine. I don’t know why, but I don’t trust the word free anymore. Lunch here is supposed to be free, but it feels like it cos…"

-Rex Ogle, Free Lunch

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13. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of 180 Days: Two Teachers and the Quest to Engage and Empower Adolescents by Penny Kittle

14. 180 Days: Two Teachers and the Quest to Engage and Empower Adolescents

By: Penny Kittle

4.54

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

"Teaching is art-creation-and a curriculum map is only as good as the teacher who considers it, who… read more

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  • teaching
  • academic
  • read for school
  • college
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • education
  • audiobook
Cover of The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System--and How to Fix it by Natalie Wexler

15. The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System--and How to Fix it

By: Natalie Wexler

4.16

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of the root cause of America's education crisis--and the seemingly endless cycle o… read more

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  • school
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • education
  • audiobook
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16. American Cult

By: Robyn Chapman

3.97

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

A graphic history of religious cults in American from the colonial era to today From its earlies… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades by Judith C. Hochman

17. The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades

By: Judith C. Hochman

4.39

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Why you need a writing revolution in your classroom and how to lead it The Writing Revolution (TWR… read more

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  • school
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • adult
  • education

18. Workshopping the Canon

By: Mary E. Styslinger

3.98

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

Workshopping the Canon introduces practicing and preservice English language arts teachers to a pro… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education
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19. 4 Essential Studies: Beliefs and Practices to Reclaim Student Agency

By: Penny Kittle

4.56

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Essay. Poetry. Book Clubs. Digital Composition. Penny Kittle and Kelly Gallagher extend their work … read more

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  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education
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20. The Joy of Reading

By: Donalyn Miller

4.41

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

What reading experiences have entertained you, provoked you, taught you, inspired you, helped you t… read more

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  • school
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • education
  • audiobook
Cover of A Novel Approach: Whole-Class Novels, Student-Centered Teaching, and Choice by Kate  Roberts

21. A Novel Approach: Whole-Class Novels, Student-Centered Teaching, and Choice

By: Kate Roberts

4.31

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

As an English teacher, Kate Roberts has seen the power of whole-class novels to build community in … read more

Similar categories in Kate Roberts's A Novel Approach: Whole-Class Novels, Student-Centered Teaching, and Choice book and Kate Roberts's A Novel Approach: Whole-Class Novels, Student-Centered Teaching, and Choice

  • school
  • teaching
  • academic
  • read for school
  • college
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • adult
  • education
  • audiobook

12 Top adult books like A Novel Approach: Whole-Class Novels, Student-Centered Teaching, and Choice by Kate Roberts

Transform Your Habits

Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It

Richard L. Allington , Kelly Gallagher

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading

Kylene Beers , Robert E. Probst , G. Kylene Beers

4.46

Transform Your Habits

The First Days of School: How to Be An Effective Teacher [with CD]

Harry K. Wong , Rosemary T. Wong

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers

Penny Kittle

4.03

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28 best-selling fiction books like Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1) by Katherine Arden

Transform Your Habits

The Night Gardener

Jonathan Auxier

3.16

Transform Your Habits

The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street

Lindsay Currie

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Spirit Hunters

Ellen Oh

4.00

Transform Your Habits

City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1)

Victoria Schwab

3.88

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