Thomas Newkirk

Thomas Newkirk's books

Holding On to Good Ideas in a Time of Bad Ones: Six Literacy Principles Worth Fighting For

4.17 avg rating — 202 ratings

Minds Made for Stories: How We Really Read and Write Informational and Persuasive Texts

4.28 avg rating — 189 ratings

The Art of Slow Reading: Six Time-Honored Practices for Engagement

4.22 avg rating — 175 ratings

Embarrassment: And the Emotional Underlife of Learning

4.08 avg rating — 146 ratings

Misreading Masculinity: Boys, Literacy, and Popular Culture

3.89 avg rating — 115 ratings

Reading with Presence: Crafting Meaningful, Evidenced-Based Reading Responses

4.46 avg rating — 80 ratings

Writing Unbound: How Fiction Transforms Student Writers

4.49 avg rating — 41 ratings

Teaching the Neglected "R": Rethinking Writing Instruction in Secondary Classrooms

3.46 avg rating — 50 ratings

Nuts & Bolts: A Practical Guide to Teaching College Composition

3.62 avg rating — 42 ratings

The Performance of Self in Student Writing

4.06 avg rating — 31 ratings