A. Longus graduated in 1987 with a Bachelor of Business Administration and in 1992 with a Masters(cum laude) in Elementary Education at Pace University(Pleasantville and White Plains Campus in New York, respectively) Mr. Longus also taught at the Valhalla School System in Westchester County, New York from K-12 as a substitute teacher and since has gone on to other endeavors. The book was written in 2004 inspired by his four energetic little nieces and urged on by his sister Silvia, mother of the four children.