I am a proud mother of two daughters (ages 4 and 6). They are the inspirations for everything I write.
Check out some of my magazine articles (Engineering/Math) in the following issues:
Highlights for Children MAY 08 (Science Corner)
Highlights for Children JUNE 08 (Science Corner)
Highlights for Children JULY 08 ( a few pages after Science Corner)
Highlights for Children AUGUST 08 (Science Corner)
Highlights for Children OCTOBER 08 (Science Corner)
Highlights for Children NOVEMBER 08 (Science Corner)
Highlights for Children MARCH 09 (Science Corner)
Highlights for Children JUNE 09 (Science Corner)
Highlights for Children JULY 09 (Science Corner)
Highlights for Children SEPTEMBER 09 (Science Corner)
http://www.Highlights.com
Graduate of Texas A&M University (1998) with a BS Civil Engineering
http://www.tamu.edu/
Math teaching experience- High School, College, Tech school, Military, Test prep, Satellite courses etc...
Member of SCBWI - Society of Children's Writers and Illustrators (Conference Attendee)
http://www.scbwi.org/
Member of MWPA - Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance
http://www.mainewriters.org/
Other Writing genres (with a few yet-to-be-published titles):
Picture books in rhyme (Shoeless Girl from Bimbydoo & Elaine's Imagination)
Holiday Picture books (Why Pumpkin Pie & The great EGGscape)
Board Books (Bedtime Laughing Book)
Engineering Picture books (Think Like an Engineer Series)
Quote: by Carrie Kirchner, queen of quirky
If we don't get excited about the little things then mathematically (by comparison) just how exciting will the big things be?
Translation - Something more than nothing is simply something. But something more than something is a LOT!!!