Shelley Harwayne

Shelley Harwayne has served as teacher, literacy coach, principal, and school superintendent. She has published several professional texts, books for emergent readers as well as a tribute to the students who bore witness to 9/11. She was also honored with the National Council of Teachers of English Language Arts Educator of the Year award. She collects vintage nut grinders, musician figurines and clown cookie jars. Her grandson Ben is the snow globe collector in the family and Shelley was thrilled to collaborate on this book with him.Ben Harwayne is a recent graduate of Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan. He loves to travel and is closing in on visiting all 50 states. Ben collected his first snow globe when he took his first family vacation to London at the age of 7 and hasn’t stopped since. He has more than 25 snow globes in his collection and loves that he is able to take mementos home with him from every new place he visits. In addition to snow globes, Ben is interested in baseball, movies and his hometown, New York City. Ben is currently a student at Washington University in St. Louis.