Raising Kids Who Read - What Parents and Teachers Can Do

Everyone agrees that reading is important, but kids today tend to lose interest in reading before adolescence. In Raising Kids Who Read, bestselling author and psychology professor Daniel T. Willingham explains this phenomenon and provides practical solutions for engendering a love of reading that lasts into adulthood. Like Willingham''s much-lauded previous work, Why Don''t Students Like School?, this new book combines evidence-based analysis with engaging, insightful recommendations for the future. Intellectually rich argumentation is woven seamlessly with entertaining current cultural references, examples, and steps for taking action to encourage reading.

The three key elements for reading enthusiasm-decoding, comprehension, and motivation-are explained in depth in Raising Kids Who Read. Teachers and parents alike will appreciate the practical orientation toward supporting