Like Stephen Krashen's important work in the Power of Reading, Kendall Haven's Story Proof collects and analyzes the research which validates the importance of story, story reading and storytelling to the brain development and education of children and adults.
Kendall Haven is a former research scientist, an accomplished storyteller, and the author of many books for Libraries Unlimited and Teacher Ideas Press.
We have been hearing recently about the trend away from narrative
fiction as the choice of a new generation….Haven comes at us with
the most articulate defense of story as an essential element in
education….He looks at the tradition and examines the research
behind story to make his major point that we cannot ignore this
genre and that we do so at the peril of effective teaching and
powerful teaching strategies….In the face of drill-and-kill reading
programs, Haven reminds us that story can be and is as powerful as
ever. Bottom line: This is a good read. A powerful reminder.
Thanks, Kendall.
*Teacher Librarian*
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