Books

• 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