A short, moving story about how Dead Fred, Flying Lunchboxes and the Good Luck Circle helped a special needs class and one little boy…

Late last year we provided a special needs class at Ralph Richardson School in Carmichael, CA with copies of my new book Dead Fred, Flying Lunchboxes, and the Good Luck Circle (www.Dead-Fred.com).

Their loving and dedicated teacher, Carol Sloan, sent the following after her class had finished reading the book:

“Frank, As a teacher who has homeschooled my own three sons, and now as a teacher with my own classroom of physically disabled students, I highly recommend your novel for people of all ages to read. My students thoroughly enjoyed me reading to them this delightful book on a daily basis. They would ask me to read to them again and again the next day.

Your book ranks on up there with the likes of Harry Potter and Alice in Wonderland as it is quite entertaining with the use of words that create vivid imagery as the reader is taken into a wild and imaginative world that entertains readers of all ages.

Such vivid imagery led our class to making wonderful collages using mixed media. Dead Fred also provides for thought provoking discussions as the child characters are empowered as they go along with their adventures facing dilemmas that have positive results, teaching powerful messages as it so successfully helps engage the reader.

Dead Fred and the Flying Lunch Boxes and the Good Luck Circle is truly a highly appealing book, which has enthralled my classroom readers.”

It had been about a year since I last corresponded with Carol…

Just this morning I received another nice note from Carol (see below). When I receive correspondence such as the above/below it makes me very happy that I decided to take the risk, deviate from what I know and write Dead Fred, Flying Lunchboxes, and the Good Luck Circle.

“Hello Frank, I am letting you know that I have read your book again, with a new home hospital student who is with disabilities, along with his mother, and 7 year old brother all of Hispanic descent.

I am teaching the mother, Monica to speak English. The 7 year old boy is reading along quite well, and we took turns reading out loud to each other so that Oliver, the brother with CP could listen and enjoy the story.

We so much enjoyed the story and think that you have a wonderful imagination! We made a collage art form of the world that Ppeekk and her friends swam in to get away from Megalodon!. Enjoy the photos!”