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Douglas  Evans
 Berkeley,CA 
 (510) 848-3925
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Douglas Evans (Source: Contemporary Authors Online.The Gale Group, 2006)
Personal Information:
   Education: Oregon State University, B.S., 1975; University of Oregon, M.Ed., 1977.
   Avocational Interests: Travel (more than a hundred countries), music composition.
   Addresses: Home and Office: Berkeley, CA 94705
Career: Writer, educator.
   Teacher of fifth & second grade at Veneta Elementary School in Veneta, OR;
   International School of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, teacher of third grade;
   American School of London, London, England, teacher of second grade;
   Orinda School District, Orinda, CA, teacher of second, fourth, fifth grade

WRITINGS  BY THE AUTHOR:
*Classroom at the End of the Hall, illustrated by Larry Di Fiori, Front Street, 1996
*So What Do You Do?, Front Street, 1997.
*Apple Island, or, The Truth About Teachers, Front Street, 1998. 
*The Elevator Family, Delacorte Press, 2000.
*Math Rashes and Other Classroom Tales, Front Street , 2000.
*MVP*: Magellan Voyage Project, Front Street, 2004
*Mouth Moths, More Classroom Tales, Front Street, 2006

Contributor of stories and poems to Cricket, Spider, and Ladybug magazines

Sidelights

Douglas Evans commented: “Having taught in a wide variety of schools--one in a small logging town, two international schools in Europe, a private school in Berkeley, and one in an upper-class American suburb, I’ve been able to collect many ideas and experiences about children and fellow teachers. For the past twenty summers, I’ve lived in Europe and traveled to over a hundred-twenty countries, where I’ve also gathered material for stories.”

Evans’s experience with a wide variety of children and educational settings forms the basis for the tongue-in- cheek humor of his first published book, The Classroom at the End of the Hall. “Though I finished the book in about a year’s time,” Evans explained to Sally Lodge in a Publishers Weekly interview, “Often writing through the night, I collected bits and pieces of the stories over time. But they are based on types that every teacher knows: the class pain-in-the-neck, the daydreamer, the kid with the desk that is always messy. I’d see these kids year after year and began to think of magical ways that they could solve their problems.”

Pleased with the positive response of students and fellow teachers to his work, Evans commented: “I consider teaching schoolchildren the noblest profession a person can have. I’ve had great fun writing about the classroom and spoofing teachers.”

*Front Street Books: http://www.frontstreetbooks.com

*PHP Books Japan: http://www.litrans.net/maplestreet/p/php/#ph

*Children's Book Council: http://www.cbcbook.org

*Random House Children's Books: http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/

*Teach For America: http://www.teachforamerica.org

*Community Read Info: http://www.loc.gov/loc/cfbook/one-book.html