Children who read regularly for pleasure, who are avid and self-directed readers, are the holy grail for parents and educators. Reading for pleasure has considerable current and future benefits: ...

Jennifer Serravallo is a literacy consultant, speaker, and the author of several popular titles including The New York Times best-selling The Reading Strategies Book and The Writing Strategies Book.

The new question-of-the-week is: Should “reading logs” be assigned to students and, if not, what are alternatives? “Reading logs” are forms that, typically, parents have to sign showing that their ...