The following people were kind enough to review this book:
Dave Boatright and Lyn Klosowski, American Federation of Teachers; Joyce L. Epstein, Center on Families, Communities, schools, and Children's Learning; Susan Hlesciak Hall, National committee for Citizens in Education; Patricia Henry, President, and Catherine Belter, National PTA; Oliver C. Moles, Office of Research, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education; Paula Moser, Consumer Information center; Catherine Peterson, Capitol Hill Day School.
Special thanks to Leo and Diane Dillon for their advice on how to work with
illustrators. 
Dorothy Rich, Ed.D., is the founder and president of the Home and School Institute in Washington, DC She has been designing programs for families and teachers since 1964, and is the author of MegaSkills In School and In Life: The Best Gift You Can Give Your Child. Ms. Rich is a recognized expert on family learning and literacy. She developed the Megaskills Workshops for parents now sponsored by school systems and businesses in 40 states, and the Classroom Management Through MegaSkills training program for teachers. She also designed "New Partnerships for Student Achievement" under a grant from the MacArthur Foundation; has served on the National Assessment Governing Board; has testified before the U.S. Senate and the National Governor's Association; and consults with state and local school systems and business groups nationally and internationally.
Betty MacDonald has studied at the Art Students League and The Chinese Institute in New York, and at Columbia University. She has won numerous awards and is in Who's Who in American Art. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States and the world in such places as Italy, Brazil, the former Soviet Union, Kenya, Niger, and Botswana. Ms. Macdonald's art is in the permanent collections of several museums including the National Museum of American History (Smithsonian Institution), the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and the Library of Congress in Washington, DC; and the Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has taught many courses for the Smithsonian Institution.
