Lighting Their Fires: How Parents and Teachers Can Raise Extraordinary Kids in a Mixed-Up, Muddled-Up, Shook-Up World (Paperback or Softback)

Esquith, Rafe

ISBN 10: 0143117661 / ISBN 13: 9780143117667

Published by Penguin Books 6/29/2010, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lighting Their Fires: How Parents and Teachers Can Raise Extraordinary Kids in a Mixed-Up, Muddled-Up, Shook-Up World (Paperback or Softback)
• Publisher: Penguin Books 6/29/2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0143117661
• ISBN 13: 9780143117667
• Binding: Paperback or Softback
• Condition: New
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling author of Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire shares his proven methods for creating compassionate children <p/> During twenty-five years of teaching at Hobart Elementary School in inner city Los Angeles, Rafe Esquith has helped thousands of children maxi­mize their potential--and became the only teacher in history to receive the president's National Medal of Arts. In Lighting Their Fires, Esquith translates the inspiring methods from Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire for parents. Using lessons framed by a class trip to a Dodgers game, he moves inning by inning through concepts that explain how to teach children to be thoughtful and honorable people--as well as successful students--and to have fun in the process. <p/>

About the Author

Rafe Esquith has taught at Hobart Elementary School for twenty-two years. He is the only teacher in history to receive the National Medal of Arts. He has also been made a Member of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth. His many other honors include the American Teacher Award, Parents magazine's As You Grow Award, Oprah Winfrey's Use Your Life Award, and the Compassion in Action Award from the Dalai Lama. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Barbara Tong. Read CBS's news story on Rafe Esquith.