Lighting Their Fires

<b><i>The New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire</i> shares his proven methods for creating compassionate children </b> <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 <i>Lighting Their Fires</i> Esquith translates the inspiring methods from <i>Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire</i> 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/><p> </p>