About the Author

Michele Dufresne, a literacy staff developer for Pioneer Valley Books, has been a classroom teacher, language arts specialist, a Reading Recovery teacher leader, and consultant in school districts across Massachusetts and the nation. She is the author of several literacy professional resource guides and books for teachers including Word Solvers: Making Sense of Letters and Words, published by Heinemann, and numerous children's books, including Bella and Rosie, Jasper the Cat, and Spaceboy stories published by Pioneer Valley Books. She holds a doctorate in education from the University of Massachusetts.

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