News Release

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January 30, 2006

Boise State Prof's Book Helps Engage Boys in Reading

Educators and parents looking for hands-on help in getting teen-age boys (and girls) engaged in reading have a new tool. �Going with the Flow: Making Literacy Learning Like Life,� a new book from Heinemann Publishers, offers classroom-tested lessons and activities that get adolescent students, especially boys, reading, writing and involved in literacy learning.

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In this new book, Boise State University professor Jeffrey D. Wilhelm and colleague Michael W. Smith of Temple University build on the literacy research that earned them national attention in 2003 with the publication of �Reading Don�t Fix No Chevys.� That book earned the National Council of Teachers of English David H. Russell Award, as well as other national and international acclaim. Readers don�t need to have read

�Chevys� in order to effectively use �Going with the Flow.� Wilhelm and Smith provide a succinct summary of their research at the start, and then provide tips and strategies for interacting with students.

The book is available in the Boise State Bookstore, through the publisher, www.books.heinemann.com,  or at Amazon.com, www.amazon.com.

Wilhelm is an associate professor whose research focuses on developing readers at the middle and secondary levels. He has written more than a dozen books and worked on four textbook series. He is also the director of Boise State�s National Writing Project. Now in its 30th year, the National Writing Project is dedicated to improving instruction in the nation�s schools.

Boise State�s NWP offers an annual summer program for teachers at all levels, from kindergarten to university, and in all subjects. The program offers six hours of graduate credit; graduate tuition is covered and resident stipends are available. For more information on this year�s program, offered from June 19-July 12, contact Wilhelm at (208) 426-1199 or jwilhelm@boisestate.edu.

Going with the Flow: Making Literacy Learning Like Life by Jeffrey D. Wilhelm and Michael W. Smith
ISBN: 0325006431, 192 pages, paperback
Heinemann Books, $21

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Contact: Jeffrey Wilhelm, Department of English, (208) 426-4116, email@boisesetate.edu 
Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208) 426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu

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