Finding Pop Pop

Kathleen Marie Doyle is a writer and award-winning teacher committed to education, the environment, and democracy.Kathleen has been teaching teachers and teenagers in Delaware for over 30 years. She earned her Master of Arts in Teaching Secondary Social Studies at Brown University, where she studied with renowned education reformer Theodore Sizer. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Social Thought and Political Economy at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, where she grew to love history (her least favorite subject in high school), and where her interest in social and environmental justice was nurtured. She is also a graduate of The Institute of Children's Literature.In addition to numerous letters to the editor, her other published works include Blue's River - a YA book about a Great Blue Heron, a 10-year-old girl and the St. Jones River; and Finding Pop Pop- a children's picture book about love, loss and joy. She has also published in Social Education, a magazine for social studies teachers.Kathleen lives with her husband in Dover, Delaware, where they are empty nesters with a big furry dog. Their daughter is a social worker in Washington, D.C. and their son is an actor in New York City.Look for her online at KathleenMarieDoyle.com.