AUTHOR: PUBLICATIONS AND CREATIVE WORKS
Education Professor (emerita)
Dual citizen USA & ITALY (Resides in Scottsdale, AZ and Lecce, Italy)
PUBLISHED BOOKS (Academic)
Learning on Other People’s Kids; Becoming a Teach For America Teacher
Information Age Publishers, (2010)
PUBLISHED CURRICULUM MATERIALS (Standards-based)
Powerhitter® Teach with Sports Complete Curriculum (2000-2026)
Student materials: Grades 2-6
(6) Baseball-Themed Student Consumable Activity Workbooks:
PH Baseball Math 1 & 2; English Language Arts 1 & 2; Baseball Card Activities;
Beisbol Lecto-escritura, Libro Uno (Spanish- reading & writing activity booklet)
Powerhitter® Football Math Book 2, PH Football Student Activity Workbook,
Educator Materials: Grades 3-7
Teacher’s Curriculum Package Powerhitter® Baseball Classroom (interdisciplinary Curriculum: Math, Writing, Reading, Research Skills, Social Studies, Science, Geography) for Educators and home-schooling
Powerhitter® Football Classroom (interdisciplinary Curriculum) for Educators and home-schooling)
SPIRITUAL-THEMED BOOK
The Messages KDP (2024)
4 CHILDREN'S MANUSCRIPTS SEEKING LITERARY AGENT/PUBLISHER
1. My Friend Wolf (a child’s imaginary friend looks like a Wolf, but thinks and acts like a very cool dude! His antics, the talk of the town, test dad’s patience, while mom and I find him charming! He’s a lifesaver too!
[1st in a series, original upcoming titles: MF Wolf substitute teacher; MF Wolf the babysitter, MF Wolf baseball ⚾️ coach.
2. Mati the Matchmaker
Precocious 4th grader Matilda (Mati) & her sidekick, Guilio, eavesdrop on adult conversations, intuit that love solves every problem, and set up Cupid’s not Stupid - a matchmaking company! But... it's not as easy as they think!
3. Monty and the 3rd Grade All-Stars
MLB slugger, Monty Manaro is in a slump. Mrs. V’s students have a plan. Send letters with hitting tips! But Billy’s note (hidden on the folded back page) reveals his mom’s cancer diagnosis, asking Monty to go to bat for her. Will it help?
4.From a Kid’s Point of View: The ABC’s of Misunderstanding
(Kids’ visual art from three countries and 10 US states reveal thinking and knowing on social issues (that impact them and the world.) An arts-based research project.
5.My Friend, Margherita: "I did it to Save Italy" An Italian teen's resistance during WW II. (work in progress) (view article link below).
2 GENERAL ADULT AUDIENCE MANUSCRIPTS (seeking agent)
(1) MEMOIR:
THE ALLORA CHRONICLES: A Professor's Serendipitous Semester in SIENA.
(2) SPIRITUAL & GENERAL THEME:
WHEN GOD GETS YOUR ATTENTION: Seven Signals To Shift Your Life
www.whengodgetsyourattention.com
Draft Completed 42,000 word manuscript
