I AM A RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHER WHO TAUGHT ELEMENTARY-AGED CHILDREN, USING A HANDS-ON APPROACH TO LEARNING. OVERALL, MY STUDENTS' TEST SCORES WERE HIGH, AND BOTH MY CHILDREN AND PARENTS WERE MOTIVATED IN THE CLASSROOM. EACH YEAR I WITNESSED BOYS AND GIRLS BECOME SO EXCITED ABOUT WRITING, THEY EAGERLY CHOSE TO CREATE BOOKS FROM EVERY GENRE. I HAVE NOW CREATED MY OWN BOOK ABOUT MY DOG, TEDDY, WHO LIVED TO BE 15 YEARS OLD. HE WAS MY VERY BEST FRIEND. AS YOU READ THE BOOK, "TEDDY: THE PERFECT DOG", YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF LAUGHING, CHEERING, CRYING, AND MOST OF ALL, FEELING THE LOVE THAT I SHARED WITH WITH THIS VERY SPECIAL GOLDEN RETRIEVER!