Michael Schiro (Ed.D. & M.A.T., Harvard University; B.S., Tufts University) is a published author in the area of mathematics and literacy and who has published the type of book proposed in this prospectus (Integrating Children's Literature and Mathematics in the Classroom: Children As Meaning Makers, Problem Solvers, and Literary Critics, Teacher's College Press, ©1997). He is also the co-author of three books of epic oral mathematics stories that will be published by Creative Publications [a division of McGraw-Hill] this year (these books by Creati...