Introduction: the journey begins -- 1. Summer vacation preparing for the reading workshop -- 2. September: Invitations to reading and literature -- 3. October: Coming to know ourselves as readers -- 4. November: Negotiating responses to literature -- 5. December: Exploring expository texts -- 6. January: Making our thinking visible -- 7. February: The rhythms of poetry and literature -- 8. March: The role of literature across the curriculum -- 9. April: Literature and social issues -- 10. May: Celebrating our literate lives -- Afterword: the journey ends for now.