Alice has had a love for children's books since,
well she was a child. She worked at her local library in her youth and
in college. When she graduated in 1970 from Western Illinois University
with a Bachelor of Science in Education, she started teaching reading
and language arts to Jr High students.
In 1984 she transitioned to
2nd-4th grade students and went back to Carthage College to gain her
Masters Degree in Gifted Education. Her thesis was on Gifted Fictional
Children's Characters. She then taught the gifted program for the
remainder of her career until retiring in 2005.
But that has not
stopped her love for books, especially children's books. For several
years she put together a monthly newsletter/blog reviewing the many
books she reads each month. She is active in her local book club and is
always scouting out the best and most interesting books to give her
grandchildren :)
And oh yes, Alice happens to be my mom:)
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