As you know our month's theme is STEM-tastic Spring! And it was great to hear of Lorri Horn's series about Dewey a total fixer/problem solver! Being an educator myself, I have always cringed when I have overheard student conversations that revolved around problem-solving skills. So many of our youth are lacking in confidence, are lacking critical thinking skills, aren't being encouraged to independently solve problems and the list goes on! This is why STEM education is so vital to our kids in the now, these life skills are invaluable. And if there is a fun chapter book series out there that can encourage kids to take initiative with some humor thrown in-then we recommend it!
About the Author
Lorri Horn, born and raised in California, has been working with kids all her life. She got her first babysitting job when she was nine years old, became a camp counselor, and went on to be a teacher. It’s true she did eat all of the pickles and popsicles on her first babysitting gig, but she did manage to feed that kid a cheese and pickle sandwich before polishing off the rest of the jar off herself. No one complained. Evidently, she had a knack with kids.
Lorri spent a few years studying cercopithecus aethiops (vervet monkeys) and thought she’d be a famous biological anthropologist. But it turns out you have to rough it and camp to do that kind of job, and Lorri’s more of a pillow-top mattress and no bug-repellent kind of gal. Plus, while it was fascinating to study and observe our little non-human primate brothers and sisters lip-smacking to communicate things like “Oh, gee, I’m sorry, is that your branch?”, Lorri found it much more rewarding to share a good book with a kid. Not once did those vervets gather round for story-time.
So Lorri became an educator and an author for humans, who, admittedly, sometimes monkey around. She has a degree in English, a teaching credential, has been Nationally Board Certified, and has taught public school for over 15 years. She loves cheese (if she had to choose between cheese and chocolate on a deserted island, she’d have to say cheese—and that’s saying a whole lot, because she’s not sure how’d she live without chocolate), humor, baking, books, and spending time with her husband, son, and their dog—you guessed it—Wolfie.
FRIDAY FREEBIE
Lorri has offered our readers a FREE curriculum guide to correspond with her book series. Click to join @HimaniReadersElite Facebook group for your PDF DOWNLOAD! For more information please visit her website and also reach her by email.
http://deweyfairchild.com
lorrihorn@me.com
DEWEY’S BIGGEST CASE IS HIS OWN
Dewey Fairchild isn’t just good with parents, he’s great with them! He can solve any problem parents might cause their child, from an over- protective mom who won’t let you go to class on your own, to a dad who can’t stop picking his nose any chance he gets. In fact, he’s so good at handling parent problems that he runs a secret business from the attic of his house, and he doesn’t lack for customers. But what will Dewey do when the parents that are causing problems are his own?
There are now THREE books to the series, so check them out on sale NOW! Grab your copies on Amazon today!
We appreciate that Lorri is continuing her series with diverse characters because we believe that inclusion and representation matters! We are glad to see kids of color on her second and third book covers, that reflect our audience! We wish Lorri and Dewey many more amazing adventures with these fun lovable and relate-able characters. We hope their escapades will especially continue to explore the realm of STEM related subjects. The world is in great need of problem solvers! Thanks for connecting with us, and be sure to follow @LorriHorn on all social media.