Welcome to Episode 19 of the Osprey Reading Experience! It's been a minute. In this episode, recorded at the start of the schoolyear, I had one of my favorite conversations with multicultural author and advocate - Melissa Campesi. Melissa is an educator with a passion for ESL students - hers, mine AND yours. Yes, all of them. We'll talk about ways to involve ESL students in your classroom and school reading culture, pathways to empathy, authentic storytelling and the importance of establishing classroom community. After listening be sure to check out her book - I am an English-Language Learner: The Real and Unique Stories of Immigrant Children in America and give her a follow on Instagram. Enjoy!