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| Alma Flor Ada, Professor Emerita at the University of San Francisco, has devoted her life to advocacy for peace by promoting a pedagogy oriented to personal realization and social justice. A former Radcliffe Scholar at Harvard University and Fulbright Research Scholar she is an internationally r....[more] |
| Alan Axelrod was born on August 25, 1952, in New York. He was educated at Northeastern Illinois University and University of Iowa. He is a leading writer about American history, and is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to American History. In his books, Axelrod presents the facts, details, and faces that have he....[more] |
| Jill Bever lives in Ayr, Ontario. She has co-authored (with Sheilah Currie) many books that are used in elementary school classrooms in Canada and the United States. Jill has also written lesson plans and guided reading material for teacher guides. Prior to her writing career, she spent many years as a teacher working ....[more] |
| Sheilah Currie lives in Toronto, Ontario. She has co-authored (with Jill Bever) many books that are used in elementary school classrooms in Canada and the United States. Sheilah has also served as a developmental editor in educational publishing. Prior to her writing career, she spent many years as a literacy teacher w....[more] |
| I identify myself primarily as a teacher and see my writing as reaching a wider audience than the individual classroom. I have published essays, college textbooks, poetry, and short fiction. |
| Kathleen Gould Lundy is the Coordinator of Destination Arts at York University, a joint venture of both the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Fine Arts that fosters partnerships amongst artists, educators and the community. She has extensive experience working in literacy, equity and arts education-first as secon....[more] |
| PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
Commercial Graphic Artist / Illustrator since 1975
Teacher/Public Speaker since 1999
Certified Arts Mediator since 2000
Writer on Arts Advocacy Topics since 2000
Publishing Contract Consultant since 2001
Keirsey Temperament: Idealist/Counselor, iNFj
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Fine Arts ....[more] |
| Hans Christian Andersen, a Danish author, is most well-known for his fairy tales, which include ‘The Little Mermaid’, ‘Thumbelina’, and ‘The Ugly Duckling’. Andersen was born to poor parents, a washerwoman and a shoemaker, in Odense, Denmark, in 1805. Odense was the only town outside of Denmark’s capital to have a thea....[more] |
| Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of the well-known novel The Secret Garden, was born on November 24th, 1849, in Manchester, England. While she and her family enjoyed prosperity for some time, their fortunes changed once Burnett’s father died, leaving her mother to care for five children by herself. After struggling fo....[more] |
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