June
2011
Bobbie Kalman
Birthday: August 29thInclusive - Accepting people of all kinds by not excluding any group of society.
Born in Hungary in 1947, Bobbie and her family escaped to Austria during the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 and lived as refugees before immigrating to North America.
She is an award-winning author of more than 800 children's non-fiction books, including several acclaimed series. Her series are extremely successful in schools and public libraries because she writes them with specific curriculum needs in mind.
Bobbie has taught at both the elementary and secondary level. As well as being a teacher, she has worked as an educational consultant with several publishing companies, and holds degrees in English, Psychology, and Education.
She is married, has four children, and three grandchildren.