Review Panel, 1995 & 1996 School Years

• Margie Atwater of Englewood, New Jersey, with daughter Ilana and son Benjamin.
  
  
• Correna Bitgood-Hutchins, Indian Orchard, Massachusetts. Pre-school teacher and grandmother of 3- and 4-year-olds. Thanks to daughters Meg and Kim and grandchildren Amber Ingalls and Joshua Valez who borrowed the tapes and did not want to give them back to grandmother.
  
  
• Jon Boucher family, Wimbledon, England.
  
  
• Holly Caulfield, Lake Como Elementary School, Orlando, Florida, reported calming effects on children with physical infirmities during their innumerable transport rides, then she copied and distributed tapes for the families to take and keep. Several teachers made take-home tapes under the limited copy license we developed.
  
  
• Lynn Cohen and daughter Andrea, Warwick, Rhode Island.
  
  
• Rose Cole, New Zealand Childcare Association, Wellington, New Zealand
  
  
• James & Karen Crowell family, Elemendorf Air Force Base, Alaska.
  
  
• Marion Davis, Garfield Community Magnet School, Kindergarten, Revere, Massachusetts. She put in many hours to critique every poem, pointing out wording and meter problems in the early manuscripts.
  
  
• Maureen E. Farr, Delaware Valley School District, Milford, Pennsylvania. Kindergarten teacher, grandmother, Maureen provided many helpful reports and ideas for additional teaching tools.
  
  
• Sherry Granberry, Wayne Community College, Goldsboro, North Carolina. Early Childcare Education Coordinator, reported colleagues spontaneously came in to listen when she played the tapes in her office, commenting on the peaceful effects.
  
  
• Jody Harvey, Denver, Colorado. Her report that her four-year-old loved the tapes in the car and was reciting was the first response after testing across the country began.
  
  
• Dr. Edward A. Mainzer, Child & Adolescent Psychiatist, Bellevue Hospital, New York, New York, provided detailed reports on reactions of children in his counseling and school programs and gave much guidance toward accomplishing our goal. His description of issues facing children in his care led to Seven..., the "heaviest" of my books to date.
  
  
• Shirley Minster, Home Education & Family Services, Gray, Maine.
  
  
• Dr. Sandra Smiling, P.S. 11, Brooklyn, New York. Second-grade and college teacher. Thanks to all at P.S. 11 who took part in testing. Sandra's report that "I played only one tape to my hyperactive second graders and was astonished by the response" spurred us to continue with the project. When she later reported the children were memorizing poems and reciting them over the school intercom the project took on additional momentum. Then, Sandra suggested subject matter for Seven that caused us to stop finishing production on Bigger to write the third book.
  
  My thanks and best wishes to you all!
  
  
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