Peggy E. Pate-Smith is a Montessori teacher and writer. Her master's thesis: Implications of Peace in the Montessori Environment won an award from the American Montessori Society. It is now available in book form from Amazon. Her first book was a non-fiction book titled, Reading 10,000 Books: A Journey of Body and Soul. Peaceful Farm Montessori School is her first fiction book and was born out of her desire to write a coming of age novel set in a Montessori middle school. She also writes a daily blog, http: //peaceisachoice.tumblr.com/