Theresa DabneyTheresa Dabney is a retired elementary language arts teacher who thanks her parents for the amazing teaching career they helped shape. The slew of siblings they produced guaranteed an audience for the educational songs, skits, and stories that constatly swirled in her head. Honing her skills to keep family members captivated served Ms. Dabney well when at the helm of her own classroom. (Her background in theater didn't hurt either!) Theresa approaches writing the same as she did teaching: keep it fun and meaningful with true learning stemming from lots of exploration and self-discovery along the way. The Kid Who Was Afraid of Words is her first published book. The idea for the story came about her first year of teaching when she noticed her fifth graders were loath to read aloud. It was when she discovered why that Langston Longwordsworth came to life. Theresa hopes young children see themselves in Langston and that parents remember their own journey in reading and share it with their little ones. You can hear Theresa read aloud children's books using different character voices or hear some of her original songs by visiting her YouTube channel: Read Aloud Storytime Sing Along Songtime. Read More Read Less