Kindergarten Success: Helping Children Excel Right From the Start; The Essential Hands-On guide to the New Curriculum, Williamson/ Ideals Publishing, 2005
Wow, I’m Reading! Fun Activities to Make Reading Happen, Williamson/ Ideals Publishing, 2000
Science Play! Beginning Discoveries for 2 - 6 year olds, Williamson/ Ideals Publishing, 1998
Easy Art Fun: Do-it-Yourself Crafts for Beginning Readers! Williamson/ Ideals Publishing, 2001
Super Science Concoctions: 50 Mysterious Mixtures for Fabulous Fun, Williamson/ Ideals Publishing, 2003
Gizmos & Gadgets: Creating Science Contraptions that Work (& Knowing Why), Williamson/ Ideals Publishing, 1999
Kids Crazy Art Concoctions: 50 Mysterious Mixtures for Art & Craft Fun, Williamson/ Ideals Publishing, 1998
Growing Up Reading: Learning to Read Through Creative Play, Williamson/ Ideals Publishing, 1993
Celebrate America: Learning About the USA through Crafts & Activities, Williamson/ Ideals Publishing, 2004
You Be the Author! Twenty Exciting mini books kids love to write and read, Good Apple/McGraw-Hill Publishing, 1994
Published books cited in numerous national and regional periodicals including: Family Circle, Family Fun, Family Life, Child, Sacramento Bee, NEA Today, California Educator, School Library Journal, Montessori Life, Record Searchlight, and Shasta Parent.
Book Awards
Children's Science Writer of the Year, American Institute of Physics
Teachers’ Book Choice Award, Learning Magazine
Parents Choice Award
Director’s Book Choice Award, NAEYC’s Early Childhood News
Benjamin Franklin Best teaching and Best Juvenile Nonfiction
American Bookseller Pick of the Lists
Dr. Toy Best Vacation Produce
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Book Award
Articles
"You Are My Sunshine Is Not About the Sun! Teaching Comprehension to Young Children Through Song Lyrics," Spotlight on Comprehension: Building a Literacy of Thoughtfulness, Linda Hoyt, Heinemann, 2005
"Help Your Child Learn and Love Reading," PTA Today
"Teaching Your Children to Read - From the Day They Are Born," San Diego Family
"The Best-Dressed Classroom," Teacher
"Multilevel Reading Centers," Teacher
"Learning Centers for Reading in Junior High," Journal of Reading
"Reading Skills Through Social Studies Content and Student Involvement," Journal of Reading
IRA publication, Classroom Strategies for Secondary Reading
School and District Based Experiences
Teacher
Reading Department Chairperson
Curriculum Coordinator
Presenter
Regional and local conferences
Conferences and seminars across North America, Bureau of Education and Research (BER)
Instructor, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Education Extension
Education
Master of Arts. Education, emphasis in Reading Instruction, California State University at Los Angeles.
Course work with Dr. Madeline Hunter, University of California at Los Angeles
Bachelor of Arts. Major, History; Minor, Art, Dean's List, Graduation with Honors, University of California at Berkeley
