• Continuing the Journey 3: Becoming a Better Teacher of Language, Speaking, and Listening (with Ken Lindblom), National Council of Teachers of English, 2019
  • Continuing the Journey 2: Becoming a Better Teacher of Authentic Writing (with Ken Lindblom), National Council of Teachers of English, 2018
  • Gale Researcher Guide for: Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams, Gale, Kindle edition, 2018
  • Continuing the Journey: Becoming a Better Teacher of Literature and Informational Texts (with Ken Lindblom), National Council of Teachers of English, 2017
  • Writing on Demand for the Common Core State Standards Assessments (with Anne Ruggles Gere and Kelly Sassi), Heinemann, 2014
  • Holt Literature and Language Arts Second Course (with Kylene Beers and Carol Jago), Holt, Rinehart and Winston; California Teacher’s Edition, 2010
  • Handbook of Adolescent Literary Research (with Randy Bomer), The Guilford Press, 2010
  • Holt Elements of Literature Introductory Course Student Handbook (with Linda Rief, Kylene Beers, Carol Jago, Deborah Appleman,‎‎ Sara Kajder,‎ Linda Rief,‎ Robin Scarcella,‎ Mabel Rivera,‎ and Héctor Rivera), Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2009
  • Retracing the Journey: Teaching and Learning in an American High School, NY: Teacher’s College Press, 2007
  • A Student Guide to Writing on Demand: Strategies for High-Scoring Essays (with Ann Ruggles Gere and Kelly Sassi), Heinemann, 2006
  • Writing on Demand: Best Practices and Strategies for Success (with Anne Ruggles Gere and Kelly Sassi), Heinemann, 2005
  • Both Art and Craft: Teaching Ideas that Spark Learning (with Diana Mitchell), Heinemann, 2000
  • Books For You: an Annotated Booklist for Senior High Students, Urbana, Illinois: NCTE, 1997
  • Making the Journey: Being and Becoming a Teacher of English Language Arts, Boynton/Cook, 1994, (2000, 2006, 2016)
  • Toward the Twenty-first Century: Unfinished Business (with Alan M. McLeod), Blacksburg: Virginia Association of Teachers of English Language Arts, 1987
  • Questioning: A Path to Critical Thinking (with Patricia P. Kelly), ERIC Clearinghouse/Theory Research into Practice, 1983
  • Developing Lifelong Readers (reprinted from Virginia English Bulletin, v. 31, no. 2, Winter 1981), Richmond: Virginia Association of Teachers of English Language Arts, 1981