Creative Reading: What It Is, How to Do It, and Why

A refreshing approach to reading instruction stressing creativity rather than formal pedagogy and retaining the fresh excitement that reading can bring "before the life gets squeezed out." Poet and teacher Padgett defines "creative reading" and the principal methods of reading instruction in the US, discusses various reading errors and how to capitalize on them, and presents specific methods and exercises involving classic and modern literature, writing, listening, thinking, teaching, and learning. The guide is intentionally cheerful, infused with the poet's love of words...and the music of Spike Jones. Includes illustrations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.