Take a break from your romance and mystery novels to brush up on professional development this summer! Here are 10 great books for teachers to read this summer vacation. Topics range from surviving your first year, how to inspire students to love reading, tips for becoming more organized, and much more!

1. 10 Summer Vacation Must-Reads
FOR TEACHERS

2. Raising Kids Who Read
What Parents and Teachers Can Do
Daniel T. Willingham
Raising Kids Who Read
What Parents and Teachers Can Do

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Raising Kids Who Read provides a fresh,
down-to-earth approach to the difficult
charge of raising a lifelong reader. It’s filled
with practical, easy-to-follow advice that busy
parents and teachers can implement.
Willingham makes it fun to read,
like having coffee with a friend.
Angela Kanak, English teacher,
Kankakee High School, Kankakee, Illinois
Learn more about the book: http://bit.ly/1UJL2uu

4. 22Who’s Afraid of the
Big Bad Dragon?
Why China Has the Best (and Worst)
Education System in the World
Yong Zhao

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This book unmasks the error of our policy makers’
obsession with test scores and their misguided
determination to get higher scores than Shanghai.
Yong Zhao explains why the pursuit of
higher test scores is an unworthy goal,
both for China and the United States,
because it is essentially authoritarian
and crushes creativity and fresh thinking.
Diane Ravitch, research professor of education, New York University;
bestselling author, The Death and Life of the Great
American School System and Reign of Error
Learn more about the book: http://bit.ly/1D5w9rm

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The Together Teacher
Plan Ahead, Get Organized,
and Save Time!
Maia Heyck-Merlin,
forward by Norman Atkins

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The Together Teacher is a lifesaver!
The organizational system enables me to map
out my days, weeks, and months with fluidity
and ease. It holds me accountable to what
I need to do for my classroom, my school, and
other obligations so that I still have time
to do what I want to do.
Erin Stanley, fifth grade teacher, Atlanta Public Schools, Georgia
Learn more about the book: http://bit.ly/1HpJdsx

8. The First-Year Teacher’s
Survival Guide
Ready-to-Use Strategies, Tools &
Activities for Meeting the Challenges
of Each School Day
Julia G. Thompson
The First-Year Teacher’s
Ready-to-Use Strategies, Tools &
Activities for Meeting the ChallengesActivities for Meeting the Challenges

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This useful guide gives new teachers a wealth
of practical information, resources, and tools.
Whether she’s helping readers to handle
tough classroom challenges or coaching them
on how to develop a professional demeanor,
Thompson’s experience shines through
on every page.
Doug Lemov, author of Teach Like a Champion
and Practice Perfect
Learn more about the book: http://bit.ly/1MkwxHu

10. 5Freedom to Change
Four Strategies to put Your
Inner Drive into Overdrive
Michael Fullan
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Freedom to Change is a manifesto for action.
Fullan boldly outlines what it takes to move
people to a higher level of motivation and
mastery. He exhorts us to make the leap
from a reactive ‘freedom from’ stance to
embracing four keys of ‘freedom to change.’
This book will open up new doors and create
impetus, momentum, energy, and drive.
Avis Glaze, Edu-quest International Inc.; former chief student
achievement officer of Ontario, Canada
Learn more about the book: http://bit.ly/1HRVNqK

12. 66Reading in the Wild
The Book Whisperer’s Keys to
Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits
Donalyn Miller with Susan Kelley

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When the thrill of choice reading starts to
fade, it’s time to grab Reading in the Wild. This
treasure trove of resources and management
techniques will enhance and improve existing
classroom systems and structures.
Cris Tovani, secondary teacher,
Cherry Creek School District, Colorado, consultant,
and author of Do I Really Have to Teach Reading?
Learn more about the book: http://bit.ly/1eMF1fm

14. The Book Whisperer
Awakening the Inner Reader
in Every Child
Donalyn Miller, forward by Jeff AndersonDonalyn Miller, forward by Jeff Anderson

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This book reminds anyone—who is lucky enough
to have loved a book—what classrooms and kids
have lost in our frenzy to ‘cover’ content and
standardize student performance in the name of
reading. This is a primer of the heart on
how to make reading magical again.
Carol Ann Tomlinson, William Clay Parish,
Jr. Professor of Education, University of Virginia
Learn more about the book: http://bit.ly/1L2DCxL

16. 88Creating Cultures of
Thinking
The 8 Forces We Must Master to
Truly Transform Our Schools
Ron Ritchhart
88The 8 Forces We Must Master to
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Books in education tend to be either
presentations of a few big ideas,
scholarly reviews of relevant literature,
or guidebooks to effective practice.
Creating Cultures of Thinking is a rarity—
a seamless blend of all three genres.
Whether you teach kindergarteners or graduate
students, you will learn much from this book.
Howard Gardner, author of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed
Learn more about the book: http://bit.ly/1JZ1YHd

18. 9999Teach Like a Champion 2.0
62 Techniques that Put Students on
the Path to College
Doug Lemov
99Teach Like a Champion 2.0
9962 Techniques that Put Students on
99the Path to College
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Teach Like a Champion 2.0 made me a better
teacher. The rigor, depth, and applicability
of each technique Doug shares immediately
allowed me to improve the teaching I do with
school leaders, teachers, and kids.
TLaC 2.0 builds seamlessly from the first
edition—going deeper on some key concepts
and introducing us to a host of new methods.
Dave Levin, cofounder, KIPP
Learn more about the book: http://bit.ly/1LZSejf

20. Overloaded and
Underprepared
Strategies for Stronger Schools and
Healthy, Successful Kids
Denise Pope, Maureen Brown, Sarah Miles
Overloaded and
Strategies for Stronger Schools and
Healthy, Successful Kids
Denise Pope, Maureen Brown, Sarah Miles

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Finally, a book about education and student
well-being that is both research-based and
eminently readable. With all the worry about
student stress and academic engagement,
Pope, Brown, and Miles gently remind us that
there is much we already know about how to
create better schools and healthier kids.
Madeline Levine, co-founder Challenge Success; author of
The Price of Privilege and Teach Your Children Well
Learn more about the book: http://bit.ly/1JZ21mi

22. Interested in a
teachers’ book club?
Download our free guide:
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