Pippa Marley (1974-present) is a special education teacher and author. Pippa has two boys of her own. When Pippa was a little girl, her favorite television show was the Magic Garden. When the the "Storybox" would open and Carole and Paula would retell a classic tale, Pippa became mesmerized by the fine art of story telling. Reading to her own children and to her special education students is genunely the best part of her day. She believes that reading aloud in the classroom, provides her struggling learners the exposer to classic literature, which they do not have the ability to independently read for themselves. Pippa has witnessed how the insights children make to shared literary expereinces, extend far beyond the actual read. In fact, finding the connectivity between a good book and their day to day lives is a challenge in which she encourages all of her children to open their eyes to!