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.”
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