Friends in High Places

It turns out that former colleague Connie Stennis is buds with Betty Horvath, veteran writer of children's books. Connie shared SPOTD volume 1 with Betty recently. I was touched by Betty's succinct and kind response:

I think kids will love this. She has captured the voice and lingo of 6th graders and it should sell like hot cakes. Good luck to Ann Wachtler.

Betty's work reminds me of the books I loved to check out from the public library as a child. Doesn't the cover artwork take you back? I love that in this particular text, there is a treehouse with a ladder, dog, cat, and three friends... Very SPOTD.