Teaching the Social Skills of Academic Interaction, Grades 4-12. Harvey "Smokey" Daniels

       Acknowledgments

      The two of us have been co-authoring books for quite a while; in fact, this is our seventh collaboration. So, to begin with, we'd like to give each other a big fist bump (see page 48). Since this is a book about collaboration, it would be pretty embarrassing if the two of us didn't get along. But it just gets easier. We really show each other Friendliness and Support (see the next 230 pages), and it works.

      Our spouses, Elaine and Bill, have been virtual co-authors with us over the past fifteen years. Thanks to them, we enjoy Home Court Advantage every day (see page 49). They are our first readers, mildest critics, and favorite travel partners. As we've conducted multiday institutes around the country (fifty-three so far, but who's counting?) the four of us have shared delightful conversations and delectable dinners in almost every state. Idaho, here we come!

      When we brought this somewhat unusual project to Corwin, they immediately got it. Our editor and old friend Lisa Luedeke guided us through every step with steady and much-appreciated enthusiasm. Julie Nemer, Melanie Birdsall, and designer Gail Buschman gave us an awesome cover, a catchy interior, and a painless production process. Francesca Dutra Africano and Emeli Warren provided patient and unfailing support, early and late. Maura Sullivan, marketer extraordinaire, now takes over to help the book find its hopefully vast audience. And it has been great to know that Director of Editorial and Professional Learning Lisa Shaw and President Mike Soules have taken a personal interest in this project.

      The beautiful illustrations in the book, and the eight adorable students you will soon meet, are the work of Satya Moses, an artist from Dublin, New Hampshire. Every Saturday morning for four months, the three of us got on the phone and worked through Satya's sketches, then drawings,

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