About the Author

Carole S. Angell began her career in education at the age of twelve when she opened a summer school program in her backyard for younger neighborhood children, and has been at it ever since. With dozens of years of early childhood classroom experience, she has also done extensive teacher training and coaching as well as acting as a preschool educational consultant. She holds a Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education and certification from both the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and Literacy Collaborative. As a presenter she has been welcomed at the local, state, and national level and is the author of one other teacher reference book, Celebrations Around the World: A Multicultural Handbook.