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Why should you cultivate empathy in the classroom? Because it not only encourages mutual understanding and caring but also deepens literacy learning. When students walk in the shoes of story characters, the practice extends thoughtfulness to the real people in their lives. The CoreEmpathy approach, developed by literacy specialist Christie McLean Kesler and children's author Mary Knight, turns an empathy lens on the reading and writing essential to all K–6 classrooms, optimizing the connection between them. And rather than being one more thing you need to do, CoreEmpathy interweaves with classroom practices already in play, applicable to the stories the authors highlight as well as to student favorites. With its heart in the joy that stories bring to readers of all ages, CoreEmpathy reinvigorates teaching and learning, with effects that last long past the elementary years.

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Christie McLean Kesler is a literacy specialist, professional developer, teacher, and writer in the Pacific Northwest. She supports teachers in expanding and deepening their instructional practice through facilitating in-service, presenting, and coaching. As a Senior Instructor at Western Washington University, she has been teaching and mentoring pre-service teachers for over two decades. Her love for teaching and learning began in the elementary classroom. Mary Knight is an award-winning author and a frequent presenter and writing workshop facilitator at schools and conferences around the country. Her novel, Saving Wonder (Scholastic) was the winner of the 2017 Green Earth Book Award for Children's Fiction, a Parents' Choice award, and was selected as a Notable Book for Social Studies by the Children's Book Council. With an M.F.A. in Writing from Spalding University, she is also a writing mentor at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning in Lexington, Kentucky.

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