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Gene Gagliano
www.gargene.com
Known by many children as the teacher who dances on his desk, Gene Gagliano is a retired elementary teacher whose author presentations are entertaining, informative and inspirational. He has presented at schools (78 in Wyoming), and at IRA, teacher, SCBWI, and library conferences, and for other community groups in Wyoming, Colorado, Missouri, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana. Gene was the recipient of the International Reading Association’s 2004 Wyoming State Celebrate Literacy Award. In 2001 he received the Arch Coal Teacher Achievement Award. He is a member of the Wyoming Writers, Wyoming Poets, SCBWI, Western Writers, and International Reading Association.
Gene's newest books include Little Wyoming (a board book), V is for Venus Flytrap, a Plant Alphabet and My Teacher Dances on the Desk (children’s poetry). His other published books include: C is for Cowboy, a Wyoming Alphabet; Four Wheels West, a Wyoming Number Book (a former Western Writer’s Spur Award nominee); Inside the Clown; Falling Stars; Prairie Parcels (adult poetry about Wyoming); and Secret of the Black Widow (a former Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award nominee). Gene has a short story in Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul, Bruce Coville’s Book of Nightmares, and Celebrate the Season to be released in August. Dee the Mammoth written by Gene and Zachary Pullen, and illustrated by Zachary Pullen will be released in winter 2010. My Teacher Dances on the Desk recently made the 2010 Delaware Diamonds Book List (category grades 3-5), a children’s choice award.
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