We dream of a time when all students will be confident, capable readers and writers. When we teach students to read as writers using mentor texts, we awaken that dream and make it real. Dream Wakers gives you:

• an annotated list of over 120 books with do-it-today lesson ideas for teaching the traits of writing
• 11 original, insightful essays by renowned children's authors
• a handy reference chart that helps teachers locate books quickly by trait, genre, language, and author/publisher information