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Review and interview of the new book Lighting Their Fires by Rafe Esquith, Oprah's Teacher of the Year.
No back-to-school shopping would be complete this year without a copy of Lighting Their Fires, a new book for parents by Los Angeles author and veteran middle school teacher Rafe Esquith. Follow-up to his New York Times Bestselling book, Teach Like Your Hair is On Fire, the book is a powerful tool to help children not only do better in school, but to do better in life.
Framed by a class trip Esquith took with his students to Dodger Stadium, the book reveals its lessons – simple concepts to build character and help students to develop more fulfilling and enriching lives – as, inning by inning, we follow the Dodgers through a hard-fought game against the Cardinals. The concepts include: Punctuality, Focus, Decision Making, Taking Pride in What You Do, Selflessness, Humility, Patience, and Teaching Kids to Grow.
There’s a long list of qualities to appreciate about this book – and about its author. For the LA Books Examiner, a somewhat disgruntled survivor of the Los Angeles Unified School District, I’ll focus mainly on two topics that really impressed me.
To read the full review and interview, visit LA Books Examiner.
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