When we meet and I discover that we have read and loved the same books, we are instant friends. — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“Books are love letters (or apologies) passed between us, adding a layer of conversation beyond our spoken words.” — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
Our children shouldn't have to wait for adulthood to become wild readers. For many, it will be too late. — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“This is what I want for my students, to lose and find themselves in books.” — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“I know from personal experience that readers lead richer lives, more lives, than those who don’t read.” — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
Readers enjoy talking about books almost as much as they like reading. — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“Empowered and knowledgeable, wild readers know they can walk into any library or bookstore and find something to read. Our students must… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“Students must develop relationships with reading peers and use online, print, and other resources to inform their book choices, or they will… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
Exposing students to lots of books and positive reading experiences while building a network of other readers who support each other provides… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
I never tell students they cannot read a book they pick up, but I do guide them toward books that I think… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
Although I enjoy digging through the library to help students find books, my aim is to help them develop self-confidence in choosing… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
If you don't read, I don't know how to communicate with you...I can never express who I am in my own words… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“If we really want our students to become wild readers, independent of our support and oversight, sometimes the best thing we can… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“Without any reading time in class, too much homework, and little choice provided in reading material or writing topics, Sarah keeps her… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“Every book begins and ends with other people- the readers who suggest the book to us and encourage us to read it,… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“I am a reader, a flashlight-under-the-covers, carries-a-book-everywhere-I-go, don't-look-at-my-Amazon-bill. I choose purses based on whether I can cram a paperback into them, and… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“While we need to stay informed about what they read and remain connected to our students, we don't need to participate in… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“Reading changes your life. Reading unlocks worlds unknown or forgotten, taking travelers around the world and through time. Reading helps you escape… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
By believing that only some of our students will ever develop a love of books and reading, we ignore those who do… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
Students will read if we give them the books, the time, and the enthusiastic encouragement to do so. If we make them… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“I don't believe some teachers consider whether their classroom instruction fosters the development of reading habits in their students. Reflecting on the… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“For me, this is what wild reading is: readers who incorporate reading into their personal identities to the degree that it weaves… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“Being a reader is how I choose to spend my life, every aspect of it, inside and outside of the classroom. I… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“I am a reader, a flashlight-under-the-covers, carries-a-book-everywhere-I-go, don't-look-at-my-Amazon-bill reader. I choose purswes based on whether I can cram a paperback into them,… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“If I have ever brought you a book unasked for , know that I cared. I said everything to you that I… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“Children's author C. Alexander London (2011) writes, “It's a fact: people can survive without books. People can even have wonderful, full lives… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
I try to teach my students that books are a mirror, reflecting their own lives, and a window, giving them a peek… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“As Stephen Krashen and Joanne Ujiie (2005) assert, “Many people are fearful that if children engage in ‘light reading,' if they read… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“This is how I show my students that I love them—by putting books in their hands, by noticing what they are about,… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“This is how I show my students that I love them - by putting books in their hands, by noticing what they… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
Readers enjoy talking about books almost as much as they like reading. — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“No matter what our curriculum requires us to teach or how little class time we have, children must read a lot in order to… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“Without any reading time in class, too much homework, and little choice provided in reading material or writing topics, Sarah keeps her reading life… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
Students will read if we give them the books, the time, and the enthusiastic encouragement to do so. If we make them wait for… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
If you don't read, I don't know how to communicate with you...I can never express who I am in my own words as powerfully… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“my job as a teacher to equip the travelers, teach them how to read a map, and show them what to do when they… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
The purpose of schools should not be to prepare students for more school. We should be seeking to have fully engaged students now — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“Reading has become schoolwork, not an activity in which students willingly engage outside of school.” — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
By believing that only some of our students will ever develop a love of books and reading, we ignore those who do not fall… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“I don't believe some teachers consider whether their classroom instruction fosters the development of reading habits in their students. Reflecting on the landslide of… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“I am a reader, a flashlight-under-the-covers, carries-a-book-everywhere-I-go, don't-look-at-my-Amazon-bill. I choose purses based on whether I can cram a paperback into them, and my books… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“Books are love letters (or apologies) passed between us, adding a layer of conversation beyond our spoken words.” — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
