Trying to Climb Up the Down Escalator In their excellent book, Switch: How to Change When Change is Hard (highly recommend!), Chip & Dan Heath describe the power of identity in hindering or facilitating change.  They state that “[a]ny change effort that violates someone’s identity is likely doomed to failure.” When deciding what to do or not to do, we […]

I’m so happy to report that my 1st book launched on the iBookstore today! I have lots of ideas.  Not all of them are great.  Not all the great ones actually make it from idea to 100% completion. Back in December when I thought I might try to do something more productive with my time than play endless runner games […]

What has been my motivation for writing Short Vowel Shorts? How did they come to be?

Is your child ready to read? If they know all their letter sounds, then they can step, hop, skip or jump into reading these very short books for children.