“This is what I want for my students, to lose and find themselves in books.” — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
Students need to make their own choices about reading material and writing topics. — 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… — 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
I realized that every lesson, conference, response, and assignment I taught must lead students away from me and toward their autonomy as… — 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
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
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
“A classroom atmosphere that promotes reading does not come from the furniture and its placement as much as it comes from the… — 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
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
