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Donalyn Miller

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Donalyn Miller is a 6th grade language arts teacher at Trinity Meadows Intermediate School in Keller, Texas. In her quest to spread reading freedom, Donalyn teaches staff development presentations in campuses and conference rooms across the country. Her articles and essays appear in national publications like Library Sparks Magazine. Donalyn shares her ideas and strategies for teaching reading and inspiring students to read on her blog for Teacher Magazine, “The Book Whisperer.”

Donalyn lives atop a dragon’s hoard of unread books she calls the “Miller Mountain” with her husband, two daughters, and baby granddaughter. In her spare time, Donalyn travels, visits old friends, and daydreams—all inside the pages of her treasured books.


Four years ago, Education Week Teacher (formerly Teacher Magazine) invited me to appear as a guest columnist for their Ask the Mentor series. I had never written for publication and I was thrilled about the opportunity to share my ideas about inspiring children to read. One column turned into three and Ed. Week invited me to join their regular bloggers. The Book Whisperer blog led to the public...

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Average rating: 4.51 · 3,748 ratings · 1,064 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors
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“Reading changes your life. Reading unlocks worlds unknown or forgotten, taking travelers around the world and through time. Reading helps you escape the confines of school and pursue your own education. Through characters – the saints and the sinners, real or imagined – reading shows you how to be a better human being.”
Donalyn Miller, The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child

“Books are love letters (or apologies) passed between us, adding a layer of conversation beyond our spoken words.”
Donalyn Miller, The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child

“I believe that this corporate machinery of scripted programs, comprehension worksheets (reproducibles, handouts, printables, whatever you want to call them), computer-based incentive packages, and test practice curriculum facilitates a solid bottom-line for the companies that sell them, and give schools proof they can point to that they are using every available resource to teach reading, but these efforts are doomed to fail a large number of students because they leave out the most important factor. When you take a forklift and shovel off the programs, underneath it all is a child reading a book.”
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“Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere. .”
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“In a very real sense, people who have read good literature
have lived more than people who cannot or will not read.
It is not true that we have only one life to lead; if we can read,
we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

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“The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours”
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“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.”
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A place to discuss books read by the 2011 NCBLA Committee.
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If you are Mrs. Miller's students, present and past, join our group now!
27665 Mrs Millers and Mrs Neys Book Club! — 27 members — last activity Jun 04, 2010 06:59pm
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Sandra Thanks for friending me Ms. Miller!


Zoe Kay Oh. My. Gosh!!!
MRS. MILLER!!!
I miss you so much!
I want to come see you soon! How is your class this year? I mean, other than being second best to our class last year, duuh. (:
By the way, I'm in serious need of a good book, any recommendations?

Love,
Your biggest fan. (:


message 2: by Bryan

Bryan N MRS.MILLER IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


message 1: by Kyra

Kyra Dougherty CRAZY LADY!!! Reading 7 books at one time!!! I can hardly read two at once!


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