Lorraine Parker Long
Co-author

Lorraine Long has been a public school teacher for many years, most of them in an inner-city school where she was awarded Teacher of the Year. Lorraine is an accomplished songwriter and author of predictable books and currently works to develop and write educational materials for early childhood educators.

Lorraine presents to audiences across the U.S. and internationally on facilitating literacy concepts through creative and innovative strategies. Her latest project, The Sing to Read Adventure, is an early literacy program currently being used in all 50 states, Canada and China. Lorraine also volunteers as a Family Literacy advocate putting books in the hands of children through The Sing to Read Literacy Project.
Email Lorraine with questions and comments to lorrainlong@gmail.com

Mary Lou Roberts
Co-author

Mary Lou received a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education at Northwest Missouri State University. She then attended Tennessee State University where she earned a masters degree in Elementary Curriculum.

Mary Lou has been a classroom teacher for 35 years. Her experience includes teaching Head Start, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, reading support and math support. She was awarded Teacher of the Year in 1993. Mary Lou is also an author of predictable books.

Mary Lou is presently retired and is a Family Literacy volunteer with The Sing to Read Literacy Project, Inc.

Kirsten Taylor
Editor

Kirsten is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University with a bachelors degree in Journalism.

She began her career as a reporter for the Towanda Daily Review in Towanda, PA. After a move to Georgia, she continued her career as an advertising manager and copywriter for Communications Channels in Atlanta, GA.

Kirsten then spent 8 years in the Marketing Department of Sprint, Inc. in Atlanta, GA. Her broad base of marketing experience includes 5 years as editor of customer and employee publications.

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