The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child by Donalyn Miller
By Donalyn Miller, Hillary Huber, Sean Runnette. In The Book Whisperer, Miller takes us inside her sixth grade classroom to reveal the secrets of her powerful but unusual instructional approach. Rejecting book reports, comprehension worksheets, and other aspects of conventional instruction, Miller embraces giving students an individual choice in what they read, combined with a program for independent reading.