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DAVID M. SHWARTZ
PUTTING THE "WONDER" BACK IN WONDERFUL:  MATHEMATICAL LITERATURE TO INSPIRE AND INFORM

The author of 50 math and science books for children shows how his own childhood sense of wonder led to the books he now writes, and he encourages teachers to nurture similar enthusiasms in children.  Nothing thrills David more than students who are inspired by his books to raise questions and develop strategies to find answers.  David will share their results - always impressive, often surprising, and something hilarious.

David M. Schwrartz writes children's books that reflect interests he has had since childhood.  He especially has a love of numbers and nature.  He says he is fascinated by both the biggest and smallest things in the universe.  When he writes his books, he tries to do it in a whimsical way to make sure his ideas are exciting and fun.

David spends a lot of time in elementary and middle schools as well as he is a speaker at many conferences for educators.  Before David began writing children's books, he was an elementary school teacher, a journalist, a writing instructor, and a Residential College Dean at Yale University.

David's first book, published in 1985, was How Much Is A Million?  He had to rewrite the book twelve times before he felt it was good enough to submit to publishers!  The first seventeen publishers rejected the book; the eighteenth publisher said, "We love it?"  This was the beginning of a very successful career in writing children's books.  Some of his other published books are:

	If You Made A Million
	On Beyond A Million
	Millions To Measure
	G Is For Googol: A Math Alphabet Book
	If you Hopped Like A Frog