Topic: Book Love

Penny Kittle recounts her early experiences with loving books, and questions how we impart the same joy onto students. If students choose what to read most of the time, and we support them as readers, we can shift pretending to read to a passion for reading in almost every teenager.

The goal of The Book Love Foundation is to put books in the hands of teachers of teenagers. We aim instruction toward increasing volume, stamina, and joy in reading in middle and high school.

How can middle and high school English teachers build a community of readers online? A simple idea from Penny Kittle’s Book Love might just be the answer.

This week on the Heinemann Podcast, we’re joined by Penny Kittle, author of Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers.

The Book Love Foundation: Helping Teachers Create Readers