Inzone Book: Any Small Goodness

Tony Johnston, Michael W Smith

ISBN 10: 0736227970 / ISBN 13: 9780736227971

Published by National Geographic Society August 2005, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Inzone Book: Any Small Goodness
• Publisher: National Geographic Society August 2005
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0736227970
• ISBN 13: 9780736227971
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Paperback (No jacket)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Used Children's Chapter Books

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Synopsis

Meet "Turo" Rodriquez, who lives with his family in Los Angeles. Each chapter is a story from Turo's barrio, the hard life there and the good things, too.

About the Author

Professor, College of Education Temple University Dr. Michael Smith joined the ranks of college teachers after eleven years of teaching high school English. He has won awards for his teaching at both the high school and college levels. His research focuses on how experienced readers read and talk about texts, as well as what motivates adolescents' reading and writing both in and out of school. He has written eight books and monographs, including "Reading Don't Fix No Chevys": Literacy in the Lives of Young Men, for which he and his co-author received the 2003 David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English. His writing has appeared in such journals as Communication Education, English Journal, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Literacy Research, and Research in the Teaching of English.