J. David Cooper is a literacy consultant. He was formerly a Professor and the Director of Reading at Ball State University in Indiana. Prior to that, Cooper taught elementary and secondary school. Michael D. Robinson is currently a Curriculum Support Specialist in Curriculum & Instruction, Language Arts/Reading for Miami-Dade County Public Schools in Miami, Florida. Previously, he worked as a Title I Coordinator in Marion Community Schools, Marion, Indiana, where he developed programming for low-performing elementary students. Nancy D. Kiger taught reading, language arts, and children’s literature courses and supervised student teachers. Before her death in 2009, she was a writer and… editor for educational publishers.