Donalyn Miller
Donalyn Miller is known for her work as The Book Whisperer, the title of her first book, published in 2009. Since then, Donalyn has written Reading in the Wild, and co-authored Game Changer! Book Access for All Kids and The Commonsense Guide to Your Classroom Library with Colby Sharp, and The Joy of Reading with Teri Lesesne. With her friend and collaborator Colby Sharp, Donalyn co-founded The Nerdy Book Club blog, which provides daily inspiration, book recommendations, resources, and advice about raising and teaching young readers. Donalyn is the founder of the annual summer #bookaday challenge and co-hosts (along with Colby Sharp) the monthly Twitter chat #titletalk, a monthly chat about reading and books. From 2014 to 2019, Donalyn served as Scholastic Book Fairs’ Ambassador of Independent Reading Advocacy, traveling to conferences and schools as a reading ambassador, serving on several Scholastic advisory boards, and hosting the web-based teaching tips and book talk show– The Book Whisperer: Back to the Books. Donalyn’s articles about teaching and reading have appeared in publications such as Gifted Child International, Education Week Teacher, The Reading Teacher, Voices From the Middle, Educational Leadership, Horn Book, and The Washington Post. In 2018, Donalyn was awarded TCTELA’s Edmund J. Farrell Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to the language arts teaching profession. Donalyn won the inaugural 2023 Teri Lesesne Award for Mentorship and Leadership in Young Adult Literature from the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents or ALAN, a division of NCTE. Donalyn Miller is an award-winning teacher, author, and professional development leader who has taught fourth, fifth, and sixth grade language arts and social studies in the Fort Worth, Texas area.
To cite this episode: To cite this episode: Persohn, L. (Host). (2024, Oct. 8). A conversation with Donalyn Miller (Season 5, No. 3) [Audio podcast episode]. In Classroom Caffeine Podcast series. https://www.classroomcaffeine.com/guests. DOI: 10.5240/517B-1356-013D-C672-F136-M