Adrienne Gear is a teacher, author, and workshop presenter. Adrienne has more than 25 years of elementary classroom experience and is passionate about literacy, learning, and children's literature. The author of 7 professional books on Reading and Writing Power, Adrienne is an engaging speaker whose practical lessons and recommended book lists are used in classrooms across North America, China, the UK, and Sweden. She lives in British Columbia with her husband and their two sons.