Wilhelm's vital book looks at "what this act of reading really is": a social practice and a search for meaning. He develops a powerful alternative to traditional models of close reading and bottom-up reading instruction. With its lively mixture of theoretical argument and classroom storytelling, "You Gotta BE the Book" will enrich the view of reading held by language arts teachers at all levels.
NCTE and Teachers College Press. 191 pp. 1997. Grades 6–12. ISBN 0-8077-3566-3.
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