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Hi folks,

I urge you run, not walk, to buy Dr. Stephen Krashen's new second edition of
The Power of Reading, Heinemann/Libraries Unlimited, 2004. (Ok, so I am the
last person on this list to have read it.)

Dr. Krashen, in a readable style, really helps connect the dots between the
research about voluntary free reading and improved reading ability AND
between voluntary free reading and the importance of available reading
materials through all types of libraries.

This is a terrific, terrific book to not only read yourself as a library
media specialist, but to share with your administrators, reading
coordinators, and classroom teachers. It's the most humane (and effective)
look at improving reading abilities in ALL children that I have read.

I just ordered copies for each of my school libraries and am routing my
personal copy to our curriculum director, superintendent, and literacy
coordinator (with the really good bits already highlighted).

All the very best,

Doug


Doug Johnson
Director of Media and Technology
Mankato Area Public Schools
Box 8713, 1351 S Riverfront Dr.
Mankato MN 56001-8714
507-387-7698 x 473
dougj@doug-johnson.com
www.doug-johnson.com

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments
that take our breath away." -- George Carlin

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