Nancy Polette

Nancy is a Professor Emeritus of Education at Lindenwood University in O'Fallon, Missouri. She is a former Director of Curriculum and Gifted Programs in St. Louis County Schools, Director of the Laboratory School at Lindenwood University, and classroom teacher of grades K-8 for 30 years. She, along with her husband Paul, was the owner and publisher of Book Lures, Inc.

Nancy provides State and National Reading and Gifted Conference Keynotes and Presentations and State and National Library/Media Conference Keynotes and Presentations.

School Library Journal describes her as 'an educator with imagination, creativity and an appreciation for the intelligence of children.'

Nancy's Conference Sessions include:

Reading is a Four-Way Stretch
Improvisations and Readers' Theatre
Research Without Copying
Strategies for Any Novel
Reading and Writing Non Fiction
Mind-Stretching Picture Books
Way-Out Picture Books for Middle School
Poetry Alive
Hoaxes and Mysteries: Springboards to Research

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Nancy is currently an Educational Consultant and Author of over 150 teacher resource books. Below are a few of her more popular titles published by Pieces of Learning (click on the covers for more information):

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