I know that when I read Invitations by Regie Routman in 1993, my whole teaching career changed. I have been shy about using books that are too long to read in one sitting. I have now have really short attentions. They are great for about 10 mins. I have also found it helpful to check out books from our school library that are on the RR booklist.
Students feel like readers then.
No, the district bought it and got the rights to publish copies for RR teachers. I thought it just came out a couple of months ago tlk - Not really. The basic lesson format is very similar. I really like the letter books published by Rigby. They have felt cutouts of lowercase letter on the front that are good for tactile the photographs to illustrate the letter sound are clear.