Anneke Forzani is the President and Founder of Language Lizard (www.languagelizard.com), which provides multicultural resources in over 50 languages to schools, libraries, and literacy organizations. Anneke speaks several languages and has spent considerable time working and traveling in Asia and Europe. She presents about culturally responsive teaching and building inclusive classrooms at conferences and workshops. Anneke is the author of the teaching manual Building Bridges with Bilingual Books and Multicultural Resources, and the children's books Happy After All and With Flying Colors: Color Idioms. Maria Russo is a children's book illustrator living in Cordoba, Argentina. Her distinctive illustrations are also in Fresh as a Daisy: Nature Idioms. She has a special passion for multicultural illustrations.
Advance Praise for Language Lizard Living in Harmony Books The Living in Harmony series of books teaches kids to embrace diversity and act kindly toward others. With its central theme that we all have more similarities than differences, this deceptively simple and endearing series is a valuable resource book to cultivate compassion in our children. Zeynep Erdil-Moody, Ph.D., Language Acquisition Specialist, Tampa Beautifully illustrated ... True 'windows and mirrors' books that promote unity amongst diversity! Kelly Aldinger, ESOL Teacher, Albany