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HOSTS
DoNALyN mILLER taught upper-elementary and middle school students in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and was a nalist for 2010 Texas
Elementary Teacher of the Year. In her popular book,
The Book Whisperer, Donalyn re ects on her journey to become a reading teacher and describes how she inspires and motivates her middle school students to read 40 or more books a year. In her latest book, Reading in the Wild, Donalyn collects responses from 900 adult readers and uses this information to teach lifelong reading habits to her students. Donalyn co-founded the community blog The Nerdy Book Club and co-hosts the monthly Twitter chat, #titletalk. Her articles about teaching and reading have appeared in publications such as Education Week Teacher, The Reading Teacher, Educational Leadership, and The Washington Post. Donalyn serves as the
manager of independent reading and outreach at Scholastic Book Fairs® where she also hosts The Book Whisperer: Back to the Books web show and co-edits the Reader Leader blog.
JohN SChumAChER (AKA Mr. Schu) is a blogger, a part-time lecturer at Rutgers University, and the Ambassador of School Libraries for Scholastic Book Fairs. He served on the 2014
Newbery committee, which named the title Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures “the most distinguished contribution to children’s literature.” He has also served on ALSC’s Children and Technology committee, AASL’s Best Websites for Teachers and Learning, two readers’ choice award committees, the School Library Month Planning Committee, and the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature selection committee.
Every day is a giant book party for this teacher-librarian! In fact, Library Journal named him “The Xtreme Librarian” for the high level of exertion – along with some gears and stunts – he uses to get kids reading, and Instructor Magazine named him a Cool Teacher for rede ning what it means to be a teacher-librarian.
John blogs daily at MrSchuReads.com. He also hosts the Scholastic Book Fairs web series Mr. Schu Goes to the Book Fair and co-edits the Reader Leader blog.