So, today I head back into the workforce. I’m mostly excited and ready for the school year. This summer I’ve tried to do a lot of extra organizing, so I think I’m as ready as I can be. Still, It’s always a whirlwind, the first few weeks. And in that vein, I present to you, thanks to the New York Zoos and Aquariums’ Go Wild website, my Wild Self, with features hand-picked for their superpowers to help me get through this first day:
- Hissing cockroach antennae for smelling out the treats in the teachers’ lounge.
- Fennec fox ears for keeping cool.
- Bush baby nocturnal eyes for peering into dark wiring closets.
- Gibbon arms for stretching further as I reshelve all the summer library returns.
- Giant tree frog legs for hopping over the bookcases (who needs to go around?).
- California condor wings for zooming around the building as I check on teachers’ computers.
- And a green monitor’s tail for, and I quote from the site, “…keeping sturdy in the swaying trees. The world is your treehouse.”
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It’s so important to draw attention to reading, and attract reluctant readers to it,especially boys. In fact, I’ve recently completed a feature magazine article on this subject that comes out in October, “Help for Struggling, Reluctant Readers.”
I grew up as a reluctant reader, in spite of the fact that my father published over 70 books. Now I write action-adventures & mysteries, especially for tween boys, that avid boy readers and girls enjoy just as much.
My blog, Books for Boys http://booksandboys.blogspot.com is dedicated to drawing attention to the importance of reading.
Keep up your good work.
Max Elliot Anderson
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