My name is Ann Gadzikowski and I write books for children and about children. I am the author of Story Dictation: A Guide for Early Childhood Professionals (Redleaf Press). This book describes how young children develop language and literacy skills when we encourage them to imagine and tell their own stories. For more information about story dictation, click here.

I have worked for many years as a teacher and director of preschool and early childhood programs. My freelance work includes fiction and nonfiction leveled readers, such as:

• Cattle-Driving Horses of the Old West (Macmillan/McGraw Hill)
• Full Gallop (Macmillan/McGraw Hill)
• Horses of the Plains (Macmillan/McGraw Hill)
• The Lucky Penny (Heinemann)
• The Wise Blackbird (Heinemann)
• The Baby Bird (Heinemann)

I am also the editor of Letterpark Publishing's Pre-K Storypath curriculum.

For more information about PreK Storypath, visit www.letterparkpublishing.com.