Pembroke publishes classroom management book

Classroom management books live or die on one question — can a tired teacher actually use them on Monday morning? That is the whole pitch here. Pembroke Publishers is pushing Angie Barrett’s *How to Win at Classroom Management in 6 Easy Steps* as a practical guide, not a theory-heavy text, and the details back that up: six steps, real classroom examples, and a free sample chapter meant to lower the barrier to trying it. ### What is the book, exactly? It’s a 2026 Pembroke title by Angie Barrett, an Ontario educator with about 20 years of classroom experience. The publisher’s listing describes it as a hands-on guide for teachers facing the part of the job that training often undersells — getting a room full of students settled, redirected, and learning without constant friction. ### Why is “six easy steps” the real hook? Because that framing tells teachers this is supposed to be a system, not a pile of tips. Barrett’s promise is a “game plan for success,” with strategies broken into a sequence teachers can actually follow. That matters more than the phrase “easy” might suggest — classroom management is messy, and a simple structure is often what makes advice usable. ### What kind of help does it seem to offer? The publisher copy leans hard into everyday problems. You get tried-and-tested strategies, troubleshooting through real classroom examples, and advice drawn from both Barrett’s own practice and colleagues’ experiences. Basically, this is aimed at the moment when a teacher is not asking for philosophy — they want routines, responses, and a way to keep the room from sliding sideways. ### Who is this really for? Pretty clearly, newer teachers and anxious teachers. The description says it will appeal to educators who are struggling with classroom management or already dreading it before the year starts. That makes the book less like a broad leadership manual and more like a survival guide for the people who feel the problem most sharply. ### What do we know about the format? Pembroke lists the book at 160 pages. The publisher storefront shows $42.95 for the print-plus-ebook bundle and $29.95 for the ebook alone. Those details matter because they place it squarely in the professional-development market — short enough to be digestible, priced like a specialist resource, and packaged for working educators rather than general readers. ### Why does the free chapter matter? Because it changes the ask from “buy this and trust me” to “try one piece and see if it works.” For a book like this, the sample is not just marketing. It lets teachers test the tone, the level of specificity, and whether Barrett’s routines feel usable in their own room before committing. If the first chapter includes even one solid script or reset routine, that alone can make the book worth a look. ### So what’s the bigger point? The education market is full of books that diagnose classroom chaos without giving teachers much to do next. Pembroke is betting that Barrett’s book stands out by being concrete — six steps, real examples, sample chapter, quick entry point. In other words, the appeal is not that it reinvents classroom management. It’s that it tries to make it teachable. ### Bottom line This looks like a very specific kind of education book — compact, procedural, and built for immediate use. If you’re the kind of teacher who wants scripts, routines, and a clearer plan for the first rough weeks, that’s exactly the lane it’s trying to fill.