![]() ![]() ![]() The column has spawned a blog called The Book Whisperer that Miller is penning for Teacher Magazine. Reader questions ranged from the most basic, "Some of my students would never pick a book up willingly! How do you get them started?" to the very specific, "How much time do your kids get to read in class during the school week?" Two of her columns, Creating Readers: Part I and Creating Readers: Part II, were among Teacher Magazine's 10 most popular articles of 2007. And in soliciting questions, the site received so many they had to stop accepting them. ![]() How much attention is she receiving? The initial installment of Miller's online column generated 20,000 views in its first five days. In early September, Miller spent three weeks as Teacher Magazine's "Ask the Mentor" columnist, answering questions about how she, a sixth grade language arts and social studies teacher, motivates her students to read as much as they do-as many as 50 to 60 books a year. These days, educators, parents, and others interested in teaching kids to read are paying quite a bit of attention to what Miller has to say about literacy. "Reading is the inhale and writing is the exhale," says Donalyn Miller, teacher-consultant with the North Star of Texas Writing Project. ![]() Miller sat down with NWP to discuss her book, The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child, the impact of the writing project experience on her teaching and writing, and the goal of moving students to become lifelong readers. ![]()
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