William Dee Nichols and Michelle Kearney write about the benefits of children reading for leisure and how it builds empathy.
William Dee Nichols
William Dee Nichols is a professor of literacy education and is the former director of the School of Learning and Teaching and dean of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Maine. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of literacy development, literacy teaching methods and strategies, reading diagnosis, and children's and young adult literature.
