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ANNiE WARD has served as the assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction for the Mamaroneck Public Schools in Westchester
County in New York since 2004. Prior to that, she was a local
instructional superintendent for the New York City Department
of Education and the supervisor of curriculum and instruction
for New Jersey Public Schools in Ridgewood. Annie is the
author of From Striving to Thriving: How to Grow Con dent,
Capable Readers (Scholastic, 2017) which demonstrates how to “table the labels” and use detailed formative assessments to craft targeted, personalized instruction that enable striving readers to do what they need above all — to nd books they love and engage in voluminous reading.
A long-time middle school English teacher, Annie’s passion for children’s books was sparked early on by read-alouds (Mom: The Secret Garden; Dad: O Henry short
stories; fth-grade teacher Miss Charney: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH) and her apprenticeship to Heddie Kent, the wildly charismatic librarian in the children’s room of the public library in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Annie collects non ction books about dogs and unusual animal friendships which captivate striving readers.
When DAv PilkEy was a kid, he suffered from ADHD, dyslexia, and behavioral problems. Dav was so disruptive in class that his teachers made
him sit out in the hall every day. Luckily, Dav loved to draw and
make up stories, so he spent his time in the hallway creating his
own original comic books. When he was in second grade, Dav
Pilkey created a comic book about a superhero named Captain
Underpants. His teacher ripped it up and told him he couldn’t
spend the rest of his life making silly books. Fortunately, Dav
was not a very good listener. His Captain Underpants series has
more than 70 million copies in print worldwide, and has been
translated into more than 25 languages. DreamWorks Animation
will release the feature lm adaptation of Captain Underpants
on June 2, 2017. Captain Underpants has previously topped the American Library Association’s “Most Banned Books” list for two consecutive years. In addition to Captain Underpants, Dav is also the creator of The Paperboy, which won a Caldecott Honor;
the California Young Reader Medal-winning Dog Breath; and the author of the best- selling Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot series. Dav continues to create books in the Paci c Northwest where he lives with his wife. For more information about Dav Pilkey
and his books, visit: planetpilkey.com.