I am a recently published author and am excited to share my work with students, teachers and parents. I taught first grade for eight years before beginning my own family. As a primary teacher, I spent a lot of time focusing on character education. I feel that teaching character education should start at a young age to foster social and emotional development. Teaching abstract concepts such as empathy, acceptance, respect etc., to young children is not easy, and I feel that children are best able to make connections through liter more...