Page-Turners 5

Wouldn't you love to see what is on the nightstand of your literacy gurus right now? We'd love to see what ours are engrossed in professionally or curled up with for enjoyment. We can't tell you what has captured the attention of our mentors this summer, but we'll gladly let you see what has captured ours. Here are our current page-turners.

Gail is feeding her reading life with a popular cookbook, some fiction, and some nonfiction that focuses on students and learning.

• Teaching Literacy in the Visible Learning Classroom, Grades K: 5 by Douglas B. Fisher, Nancy Frey, and John A. Hattie
• Cooking for Jeffrey: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten
• How the Brain Learns by David A. Sousa
• The Goldfinch: A Novel by Donna Tartt
• The Nightingale: A Novel by Kristin Hannah

Allison's summer pile reflects a broad range of topics: math, mind-shifts and attitudes, and a moving story about how writing might save your life.

• Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles That Fuel Success and Performance at Workby Shawn Achor
• Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential by Barbara Oakley
• Visible Learning for Mathematics, Grades K-12: What Works Best to Optimize Student LearningLearning by John Hattie, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, Linda M. Gojak, Sara Delano Moore, and William L. Mellman
• Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam M. Grant
• Her Own Wild Winds by Genevieve V. Georget

Lori is focused on reading, writing, thinking, and her favorite genre, historical fiction.

• Disrupting Thinking: Why How We Read Matters by Kylene Beers and Robert E. Probst
• The Writing Strategies Book: Your Everything Guide to Developing Skilled Writers by Jennifer Serravallo
• One Came Home by Amy Timberlake
• The Fluent Reader: Oral & Silent Reading Strategies for Building Fluency, Word Recognition & Comprehension by Timothy V. Rasinski