Barbara J. Meredith
Barbara J. Meredith was co-owner of Kids Express Learning Center & Daycare, LLC until her retirement in 2013. She was also the director and head teacher for 14 years. Portions of the proceeds of this book will be donated to Kitty of Angels of Coventry, Connecticut, and to Bandits Place, Inc. of Connecticut. Her first book in the series was Daisy and Friends: How to Stay Healthy. “The animals in the Daisy and Friends books are my actual pets. The inspiration for the books came from over 20 years as a pre-school teacher observing children’s behaviors.”
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I was an elementary school teacher in California for 27 years and retired to Panama. As teacher I ran an after school chess program for my mostly Latino student population. We went to over 200 chess tournaments and 14 national championships and I watched as children used chess to become first generation college graduates.
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