Having held an administrative role in higher education for many years now, my reading list has been confined to leadership and managing change. consequently, it was a delight for me to read heather coffey and lucy arnold’s book, transformative critical service-learning: theory and practice for engaging community college and university learners in building an activist mindset, published in 2022 by myers education press, llc of gorham, maine. in many ways, it was a homecoming for me as an educator at heart. the book offers something for everyone: faculty, students who support service-learning, graduate students, community partners, and researchers. at a reasonable paperback price of just under $40 and length of 126 pages, the book’s structure builds on emerging theoretical frameworks to intersect with application by providing design, implementation, and assessment tools. the authors scaffold this work as good educators would for their students, with a theory-based foundation that is poised for student, partner, and educator growth. the authors’ skillful integration presents opportunities for further investigation and a structure that marries theory and practice well