Author
Penny Kittle
Bestsellers: Book Love (with Kelly Gallagher), 180 Days (with Kelly Gallagher), Write Beside Them, Book Love Foundation
Penny Kittle taught high school English in New Hampshire for decades before becoming a literacy coach, and her message has never wavered: teenagers will read if you let them choose and give them time. Revolutionary? Shouldn’t be. But somehow it still is.
Her collaboration with Kelly Gallagher produced 180 Days, a two-teacher deep dive into making every class period count. She founded the Book Love Foundation to get books into the hands of students who need them most. Kittle’s superpower is making secondary ELA teachers believe that authentic reading and writing can coexist with standards and test prep—you just have to be strategic about it.
Books by Penny Kittle

180 Days: Two Teachers and the Quest to Engage and Empower Adolescents
$38.08

4 Essential Studies: Beliefs and Practices to Reclaim Student Agency
$33.50

Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers
$33.50

Inside Writing: How to Teach the Details of Craft
$66.56

Micro Mentor Texts: Using Short Passages From Great Books to Teach Writer’s Craft
$28.79

Write Beside Them: Risk, Voice, and Clarity in High School Writing
$43.94

Writing with Mentors: How to Reach Every Writer in the Room Using Current, Engaging Mentor Texts
$35.84