1: Construction Alphabet PDF/EPUB ñ 1: Construction

1: Construction Alphabet PDF/EPUB ñ 1: Construction My full name is Gerard Larry Pallotta but my mom always called me Jerry I was born on March in Boston Massachusetts My mom s name is Mary and she came from a family of ten children My dad s name is Joe and he came from a family of five children My grandparents were immigrants of Italian descent 1: Construction MOBI :✓ I have the nicest parents in the world They were always unselfish and ready to help me I have four brothers and two sisters Joey David Andrew Danny Cindy and Mickey I have seventy two first cousins When I was growing up there wereKIDS EVERYWHERE My family moved to Medford Massachusetts when I was young I went to elementary school at Mt Trinity Academy not far from where my publisher is located in Watertown Massachusetts I never wrote a book in elementary school and we never kept journals In the neighborhood where I grew up almost every family had seven to nine children I guess that you could say that there wereKIDS EVERYWHERE I went to high school at Boston College High School a Jesuit all boys school in downtown Boston The priests and other teachers were really wonderful I played football and ran track I had a great high school experience and I think later it made my studies in college much easier My sons Neil and Eric graduated from Boston College High School in and Neil was named after a teacher I had Fr Neil Callahan SJ I never wrote a book in high school and I never wrote for the school newspaper I was too shy and was afraid of what other kids would thinkAfter high school I went to Georgetown University in Washington DC I majored in business a subject that would help me later in life when I decided to publish my first book At Georgetown I met my wife Linda In college I was an average student and was captain of the Georgetown University Rugby Team I never wrote for the college newspaper and I never imagined writing books A couple of years later Linda and I got married and I started to work at an insurance company in Boston During the first six years of being married we had four kids It seemed like there wereKIDS EVERYWHERE Today we sometimes spend time with my nieces and nephewsagainKIDS EVERYWHERE I learned valuable skills while talking to people selling insurance and collecting money When I came home from work Linda would ask me to read to the kids I loved reading to my kids and I learned to appreciate children s books The first few books that we bought were alphabet books and counting books A was always for Apple and Z was always for Zebra One day I decided Hey I can do this I had an idea I would write an alphabet book about the Atlantic Ocean I spent every summer at Peggotty Beach in Scituate Massachusetts I have great memories of lobstering fishing mossing clamming and rowing in my doryI wrote my first book in when I was years old I came up with the idea wrote it designed it researched it edited it and my cousin illustrated it I published it myself under the name of Peggotty Beach Books What fun It was first printed on July I ll never forget that day The book eventually became the best selling book at the New England Auarium I was afraid that only my mother would like it Teachers and kids told me they really liked my bookWhile speaking in schools teachers also told me they were looking for simple non fiction nature books It gave me the confidence to writeMy next book The Icky Bug Alphabet Book has soldthan million copies My third book The Bird Alphabet Book was voted one of the best books of the year by Birders World Magazine I now have over twenty alphabet booksthan twenty math books also the Icky Bug books a holiday series a US Military series Who Would Win books a biography and a few stories My goal has always been to write interesting fact filled fun to read beautifully illustrated color children s books Thank you to all my illustrators Ralph Masiello Frank Mazzola Jr Rob Bolster Edgar Stewart Leslie Evans Mark Astrella David Biedrzycki Bonnie Gee Shennen Bersani Tom Leonard and Howard McWilliam I now visitthan schools per year Guess what There are stillKIDS EVERYWHERE I love writing books and I love visiting schools all over the United States I think I have the best job in the world.