35 Best Books for Teaching U.S. Regions: Using Fiction to Help Students Explore the Geography, History, and Cultures of the Seven U.S. Regions-and Link Literature to Social Studies
… Jane Kurtz is an award-winning children¹s author and senior lecturer in the English department at the University of North Dakota. She has eleven years of teaching experience at the elementary and secondary levels.… Toni Buzzeo, 1999 Maine Media Specialist of the Year, is author of two forthcoming children¹s books as well as four professional books for teachers and librarians. She is the library media specialist at Longfellow Elementary School in Portland, Maine.Toni Buzzeo and Jane Kurtz have co-authored Terrific Connections with Authors, Illustrators and Storytellers (Teachers Ideas Press, 1999).