Awards

Parents’ Choice Gold Award

Reviews & Quotes

“Based on the fact that my family loves your tapes, I ordered the hospital tape not really knowing what to expect and proceeded to listen to it with the toughest critic on this subject, Michael. Michael has not stopped listening to it since. He listens to the tape, morning noon and night. It is the first material of this kind that honestly and with humor deals with the feelings that a child has being in a hospital.” Carol

“I love your hospital tape. I hardly have a favorite song because my favorite was all of them. Because if kids hear it and they have never been in a hospital before then they get to hear what it’s like in the hospital and also they will hear what they might think and feel while they are in the hospital.” Michael

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 Awards

2011 Storytelling World Award

Reviews & Quotes

“Our faculty meeting around the book was outstanding. It led us to a very deep conversation about the nature of the parent/teacher relationship and the fact that it is a deeply human relationship fraught with vulnerability on both ends. One teacher commented: I laughed throughout the book. The book captured the constant attempts between parents and teachers to communicate and the fact that they don’t always go well. The most important idea I take away is the importance to keep communicating. That’s the whole idea. Sometimes the content isn’t as important as the connection. Thanks for enriching our dialogue!”
Rabbi Sheryl Katzman, Principal, Skokie Solomon Schechter Day School

“While reading, I could not help thinking about my own children and how they have been touched so deeply by their teachers… Teachers with impossibly large case loads and busy lives who made the time for them. We are all responsible for whom our children become and the power teachers have is tremendous. A personal note from a teacher can make such a huge difference, whereas a form letter can unknowingly be so impersonal. I was touched enough by this quick read that I purchased a copy for every member of my staff as a Christmas gift.” Allan Ross, Principal, Yerington Elementary School – Yerington, Nevada

“It’s a work of genius by Harley to make us feel anything for a boy who’s voice we don’t hear until the very last page. But he does it and I’d be surprised if your eyes are dry in the end.” Out with the Kids
Read the full review at owtk.com/2010/11/book-review-between-home-and-school

“This book made me review my own life in school (and that of my children). I laughed and cried along with Tyler’s mother and teachers as they worked together to mentor this young person.” – Amy Dickinson, Bestselling Author and Syndicated “ASK AMY” Columnist/Chicago Tribune

“We are lucky that yet again Bill Harley has found a story that shows us how good we can be, if we just let it happen.” – George Wood, Principal, Federal Hocking Middle and High Schools, and Author of Time to Learn: How to Create High Schools That Serve All Students

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