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Table of Contents

Preface

• All We Want Is a Story
• My Perspective
• The Birth of this Book
• Dedication
• Table of Contents

1. Loving That Literacy

• Wyatt Drops Out. Mark Drops In. Audrey Drops By.
• Introduction
• How I Learned to Read
• How I Learned to Love Reading
• How I Learned to Love Libraries
  • Road Warrior Literacy
• Steve Stories: Does Real Reading Really Help Reading?
• What Is Free Voluntary Reading?
• What Is Free Voluntary Surfing?
• What Is Home-Run Reading?
• What Is Summer Reading?
• What Is Literacy, and What Are Literacies?
  • Junk Literacy
• Literacy: Wyatt’s Path to Literacy
  • Four Benchmarks to Literacy Development: Wyatt Finally Reads (a lot)
• Now what Do We Do? The Spiral of Literacy
  • The Spiral Continues: Gary’s Spiral of Literacy
• Conclusion

2. Loving Those Stories

• Oh, Fudge
• Introduction
• What Are Stories?
• Why Stories?
  • Missy and the Magnificent Thing
• What Are Your Favorite Stories?
  • How Do We Develop Storytellers?
• Steve Stories: The Power of Reading is my Home Run Reading Book
  • There is Power in Reading
• Now what Do We Do? Tell a Story/Write a Story
• Conclusion

3. Animals and the Alphabet

• Love and Literacy Last
  • Old Dan and Lil Ann
• Introduction
• Junk Literacy: What?
• Kids Really Do Read for Fun
• Reading with Our Pets: Cats, Dogs, Horses, and, yes, Chickens
  • Horses in Appalachia: That Book Woman
• Steve Stories: A Counter View to Reading Books with Animals
• Now What Do We Do? Writers’ Workshop
• Conclusion

4. High-Stakes Stories

• One Student, One Teacher, One Day, One Test
• Introduction
• First, a Little History: 100 Years in a Thousand Words
• Steve Stories: The Research and the Cure
• So, What Is the Problem?
• So, What Is the Solution?
• Storytelling: GLAD®
• Reflective Teaching and Learning
• Now, What Do We Do? Socratic Seminars
• Conclusion

5. Of Immigrants and Imagination

• The Kids from the Congo
• Introduction
• From the Congo to Wyoming
• Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants
• Storytelling is Storytelling is Storytelling: In Any Language
  • What Are Stories?
  • Why Are Stories Effective in Teaching?
• The More, The Better
• Steve Stories: High Five
• Now, What Do We Do? TPRS
• Conclusion

6. Into the Cloud

• Introduction
• Why Read?
• How I Like to Read
• What Is Digital Literacy?
• Digital Citizenship
• Remember those Different Paths to Literacy?
• Steve Stories: Reading in Qatar
• Now What Do We Do? Storytelling Digitally
• Conclusion

7. Patience and Fortitude: The Future

• Introduction
• Hands off our Patience and Fortitude
• What Are Libraries Like Right Now?
• What Libraries Will Be Like in 10 Years
  • One Mind Reflects on Five Minds
• Steve Stories: The Power of Reading
• Now What Do We Do? Library Mapping
• Reflecting and Learning Together When All Have Completed Their Individual Tasks
• Conclusion
• Epilogue: There Will Be Consequences
• A Call to Action