RAFE ESQUITH - Masterful Teaching In LIGHTING THEIR FIRES

07/31/2010 7:00 pm

Rafe Esquith returns to Quail Ridge BooksRafe Esquith returns with LIGHTING THEIR FIRES: RAISING EXTRAORDINARY CHILDREN IN A MIXED-UP, MUDDLED-UP, SHOOK-UP WORLD.  The author of TEACH LIKE YOUR HAIR'S ON FIRE shows that children become extraordinary as a result of parents and teachers who instill values that guide them in the classroom and beyond.  If you saw Rafe Esquith (and the group of students he brought with him) last time, you know he knows what he's talking about! Among his awards is Disney's National Outstanding Teacher of the Year.  

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Lighting Their Fires: Raising Extraordinary Children in a Mixed-up, Muddled-up, Shook-up World (Hardcover)

By Rafe Esquith
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9780670021086
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Viking Adult, 8/2009
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In LIGHTING THEIR FIRES, Esquith shows that children aren't born extraordinary; they become that way as a result of parents and teachers who instill values that serve them not just in school, but for the rest of their lives.

LIGHTING THEIR FIRES is that rarest of education books: one that explains not just how to make our children great students, but how to make them thoughtful and honorable people.

Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56 (Paperback)

By Rafe Esquith
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780143112860
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 1/2008
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The New York Times bestseller that is revolutionizing the way Americans educate their kids-"Rafe Esquith is a genius and a saint" - (The New York Times)

Perhaps the most famous fifth-grade teacher in America, Rafe Esquith has won numerous awards and even honorary citizenship in the British Empire for his outstandingly successful methods. In his Los Angeles public school classroom, he helps impoverished immigrant children understand Shakespeare, play Vivaldi, and become happy, self-confident people. This bestseller gives any teacher or parent all the techniques, exercises, and innovations that have made its author an educational icon, from personal codes of behavior to tips on tackling literature and algebra. The result is a powerful book for anyone concerned about the future of our children.

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Quail Ridge Books & Music
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Raleigh
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