Powerful Book Introductions (PDF)

Kathleen Fay is the Literacy Collaborative District Trainer for Fairfax County Public Schools. She has served as a Reading Recovery teacher and a Title I literacy coach and is a National Board certified teacher. Kathleen and Suzanne previously collaborated to write Becoming One Community: Reading and Writing with English Language Learners (Stenhouse 2004). Chrisie Moritz is a National Board certified literacy coach in Fairfax County, Virginia. She presents at conferences and consults with school districts across the country on various topics related to literacy instruction. Chrisie has served as a Reading Recovery teacher, a Literacy Collaborative District Trainer, and an adjunct professor at East Carolina University. Board certified teacher in Fairfax County, Virginia, where she was a classroom teacher and literacy specialist for twenty-two years. She currently leads the literacy professional development for reading specialists, principals, school teams, and teachers in her district. Suzanne Whaley is a National Board certified teacher in Fairfax County, Virginia, where she was a classroom teacher and literacy specialist for twenty-two years. She currently leads the literacy professional development for reading specialists, principals, school teams, and teachers in her district.