Brian Smith has been in education for 19 years. He currently teaches Kindergarten in Alexander County. He lives in Hickory with his wife and daughter. He also teaches three course at Lenoir-Rhyne University. He blogs for Scholastic at their Top Teaching website at https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributors/bloggers/brian-smith/ provides reviews of several series of books prior to publication and works closely with their Book Club and Reading Summits