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Babs Bell Hajdusiewicz, Ms.Ed. is the author of a new picture book SPUTTER, SPUTTER, SPUT! (HarperCollins 2008, Bob Staake illustrator) which follows her THE BRIDGE IS UP!, also by HarperCollins. Both colorful picture books target the vehicle interests of children ages 2 to 5.
Hajdusiewicz is the author of 100+ books and 350+ poems for children, including best sellers: DON'T GO OUT IN YOUR UNDERWEAR!; PHONICS THROUGH POETRY; MORE PHONICS THROUGH POETRY; POETRY WORKS Poster Kits in 3 levels; WORDS, WORDS, WORDS; WORDS AND MORE WORDS; JACKS AND MORE JACKS; BED REST; WHEN I GROW UP; GOBBLE, GOBBLE, MUNCH; MY FACES; DAINTY DINOSAURS series of 12 Beginning-to-Read Readers; QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 12-book series. Other books and classroom materials by Hajdusiewicz include LISTEN, LISTEN: LETTER SOUNDS IN RHYME poster series for all sounds; PEACEFUL ME; SOMETIMES I FEEL HAPPY, SOMETIMES I FEEL SAD; and MARY CARTER SMITH, AFRICAN AMERICAN STORYTELLER, a biography for middle grades.

Hajdusiewicz stars in the Wright Group/McGraw-Hill staff-development video "Developing Oral Language and Phonemic Awareness through Rhythm and Rhyme." She has written numerous children's stories, articles for teachers and parents, is a guest columnist for major newspapers including the Atlanta Journal Constitution, and has contributed to and edited many elementary textbooks.

An educator for 40+ years, Hajdusiewicz taught early childhood, elementary, and special education at all levels, served school districts in Indiana and Michigan as director of special education, and taught graduate and undergraduate education courses at Eastern Michigan and Cleveland State Universities.

She founded Booking the Future: Reader to Reader™, a community involvement literacy program that placed books in the hands and homes of more than 16,000 four, five, and six year olds, and Pee Wee Poetry™, a language development program for children aged two through nine. Hajdusiewicz is a frequent conference keynoter for educators and parents and a popular visiting author in schools across the country and abroad.

Babs Bell Hajdusiewicz, Ms.Ed. is the author of a new picture book SPUTTER, SPUTTER, SPUT! (HarperCollins 2008, Bob Staake illustrator) which follows her THE BRIDGE IS UP!, also by HarperCollins. Both colorful picture books target the vehicle interests of children ages 2 to 5. Hajdusiewicz is the author of 100+ books and 350+ poems for children, including best sellers: DON'T GO OUT IN YOUR UNDE... More