Better Books! Better Readers!: How to Choose, Use, and Level Books for Children in the Primary Grades

Better Books! Better Readers! offers tips on how to create a classroom that fosters language learning. Organized around three evolving categories -- Beginning Readers and Writers, Developing Readers and Writers, and Fluent, Independent Readers and Writers -- you'll learn how to choose and level books, select specific books to meet the needs of all children, and use these books to generate creative literacy activities. It also includes a bibliography of the newest and best children's reading material.