99 Ways to Get Your Kids To Do Their Homework (And Not Hate It)

Mary Leonhardt has taken her enjoyment of literature into the classroom and onto the printed page. Her Parents Who Love Reading, Kids Who Don't, along with her Keeping Kids Reading, are intended to encourage young people to enjoy and appreciate the gift of reading. Ms. Leonhardt, who holds an MA in English from Brown University, has taught at many show more schools, including a convent school in California, Concord-Carlisle High School in Massachusetts, and several Virginia high schools while her husband was serving there with the U.S. Navy. She has 20+ years of experience in the teaching of English; her graduate work in learning difficulties at Old Dominion University helped her better understand the difficulties many students have with reading. Within her own family Ms. Leonhardt can relate to reading troubles. Her son took special education reading classes until the ninth grade. Due to a large extent to his mother's having read aloud to him his reading greatly improved. He recently enrolled at the University of Maine. With an emphasis on the appreciation of literature, Mary Leonhardt sees enjoyment as the key. It doesn't matter if the enjoyment comes from comic books, juvenile thrillers, or more "traditional/classical" literature. (Bowker Author Biography) show less