It’s April already and the year is just flying by for me! Where does the time go anyway? I just finished reading Kelly Gallager’s new book Readicide: How School are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It and I have to say that Gallager definitely has a winner here! Since the rise of No Child Left Behind, I have also seen a rise in what Gallager refers to as “inane, mind-numbing practices” in schools. I particularly enjoyed Gallagher’s chapter on the importance of finding the “sweet spot” between too little teaching of books and the senseless over-teaching that numbs minds and causes kids to turn off to great books. Gallagher’s book is a quick read and provides a sensible approach to strengthening the threads of reading. After you have read it, add your thoughts and ideas to this post!