Esme raji codell wikipedia

When I was a little girl, I remember very clearly looking at the minute hand of the clock, and the door of my classroom, and then wishing with all my heart that a duck would come marching through that door.

Why a duck? Well, I suppose a pig or gila monster or zebra would have done just as well, but just something, anything to prove that in the midst of the most ordinary day, unexpected things can happen.

Well, lots of minutes did pass, and unexpected things did happen.

Esme raji codell wikipedia biography

When I wrote my first grown-up book, Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher's First Year, I got to travel all over the country and talk to educators about how important it is to teach using children's books. That was a great adventure, but I had to give up my teaching position to do it, and I got really lonely for the children who made every day so different.

I realized, though, that writing is a kind of teaching, and that I could use my books to share with children all that I ever dreamed of, communicating