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First and second-grade students continue to feast on Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss while Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid series dominates students' reading choices in grades 3 through 7. Year after year, What Kids Are Reading: The Book-Reading Habits of Students in American Schools sheds light on the Top 40 books kids in grades 1-12 are reading, but do experts agree with students' selections?
What Kids Are Reading, 2012 balances what students are actually reading cover to cover with a new forum for opinions on what kids should be reading. Authors, educators, and education experts contributed essays:
- Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, who introduces the report
- Dan Gutman, author of My Weird School series
- Ellen Hopkins, author of the Crank trilogy
- Dav Pilkey, author of Captain Underpants series
- David Coleman, contributing author of the Common Core State Standards
- Barry Gilmore, chair of humanities/English teacher, Hutchison School,
Memphis, TN
- Terri Kirk, librarian, Reidland High School, Paducah, KY
- Sandra Stotsky, professor of education reform, University of Arkansas
This year's report also includes three new sections that examine student reading: Common Core Exemplars—Informational Texts and Stories, Librarians' Picks, and Top 10 Challenged Books by year (2008-2010).
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