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I am the author of a professional book for school
librarians, classroom teachers, and literacy coaches. The focus
of the book is using coteaching approaches to teach reading comprehension
strategies. The book includes standards-based sample lesson plans
that highlight ways to lower the student-teacher ratio at the point
of instruction. The lessons also integrate research-based instructional
strategies. Collaborative Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension:
Maximizing Your Impact is available from ALA Editions (March
2007). In summer 2011, my book for secondary school librarians will
be available.
I am also a published children's book author. My second book (written
for families), Read to Me/Vamos a leer, is available in English,
Spanish, bilingual Spanish-English, and Vietnamese in hardcover
and board book formats from Star Bright Books (January 2004). My
first children's picture book, Sing Down the Rain (Kiva Publishing,
1997), is in its third printing. My third children's book is under
contract with Eerdman's Books for Young Readers.
Author and Storyteller School Visits
I authored and illustrated the Sabino Canyon: The Web of Life
Web Site and facilitated the work of preservice educators and
graduate students on the Southwest Children's Literature Web
Site.
I maintain a poetry page with
samples of my own poetry and poems students have written. It also
includes poetry resources for educators.
I conduct research on issues related to classroom-library collaboration.
My curriculum vitae lists my professional
publications.
As an educator, poet, and storyteller - I am always on the trail
of new stories...
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