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Michael Sullivan

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Born

in Dorchester, MA, The United States

Website

http://www.talestoldtall.com

Genre

Humor, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Children's Books

Influences

J.R.R. Tolkien, Jon Scieszka, Gordon Korman

Member Since

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Michael Sullivan (Bachelors of Arts in History, Harvard College, 1989; Masters of Library Science, Simmons College, 1999) is the author of Connecting Boys With Books (American Library Association, 2003), The Fundamentals of Children’s Service (American Library Association, 2005), Escapade Johnson and Mayhem at Mount Moosilauke (PublishingWorks, 2006), Escapade Johnson and the Coffee Shop of the Living Dead (PublishingWorks, 2008), Escapade Johnson and the Witches of Belknap County (PublishingWorks, 2008), Connecting Boys With Books 2: Bridging the Reading Gap (American Library Association, December 2008), and The Sapphire Knight (PublishingWorks, January 2009). He has spoken widely on the topic of boys and reading, and is a former adjunct f ...more

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	Fundamentals of Children's Services 3.52 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Raising Boy Readers 4.21 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Connecting Boys With Books 2 4.32 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Escapade Johnson and Mayhem at Mount Moosilauke (Escapade Johnson Series) by Michael Sullivan (Goodreads Author), Joy Kolitsky (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Escapade Johnson and the Coffee Shop of the Living Dead 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sapphire Knight (The Bard Series) by Michael Sullivan (Goodreads Author), Douglas A. Sirois (Illustrator) 3.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Escapade Johnson and the Phantom of the Science Fair by Michael Sullivan (Goodreads Author), Joy Kolitsky (Illustrator) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Hummingbird
Flitting, darting
A restless quest
To fuel a fire
That burns your breast
Seeking sweetness
For selfish glee
Bringing gifts
So heedlessly
Your touch a trigger
You fire life
Igniting beauty
In vibrant strife
To equal you
In colors bright
They dazzle, dumbfound
And delight
But in tableau
Their beauty ends
Enlivened only
By the wind
Whilst you with
Generous energy
Prove a lovely
Vibrant Persephone
Their season ends
Those blooms of spring
And hummingbird
On fragile wing
Too soon I fear
You will expire
Sweetness smolders
Consumed in fire.”
― Michael Sullivan

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“ProLiteracy Worldwide’s “President’s Report on the State of Adult Literacy 2006” found that 70 percent of prison inmates in America lacked basic literacy.2 The Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology reported “robust links between severe, persistent reading problems and increased risk for depressed mood” in boys age seven to ten.3 We now have evidence that the inability to read is a risk factor for depression. Reading is powerful; not reading is dangerous.”
― Michael Sullivan, Fundamentals of Children's Services

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“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.”
― Joe Klaas, The Twelve Steps to Happiness: A Practical Handbook for Understanding and Working the Twelve Step Programs for Alcoholism, Codependency, Eating Disorders, and Other Addictions

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“Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.”
― Robert Jordan

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