Description: A Reason to Read is the culminating work of the ArtsLiteracy Project, an ambitious and wide-ranging collaborative that aims to promote literacy through rich and sustained instruction in the arts.
Brief description: Kurt Wootton is cofounder and codirector of the ArtsLiteracy Project. He leads ArtsLiteracy initiatives in the United States, Brazil, and Mexico, and is director of Habla, a lab school in Merida, Mexico.
Review Quotes: "A Reason to Read makes a major contribution to the field of education through the arts thanks to the authors' ability to create a theory of practice and to offer a concrete and replicable framework for educators who want to pursue this route." -- Ofra Arieli Backenroth, Teachers College Record