Stories surround, support, and sustain us. We see and hear them walking down the street, on our digital newsfeeds, in our interactions with one another, in the ways our students play, and in books, poetry, music, images, media, and dramatic works. This powerful book offers a wealth of effective steps to bridge strategy with story, and help students build literacy skills, delve deeper into comprehension, and become truly engaged in learning. You’ll also find specific ways to build a rich and diverse classroom library, along with numerous examples of multigenre and multimodal stories from literature, poetry, songs, and multimedia.