BARBARA ANN RUSHING REED
Arlington, TX
barreed@sbcglobal.net

INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION

I am a 6th generation Texan, who’s been abroad. I spent all of high school in the suburbs of Glasgow, Scotland. I come from a story telling family. My father passed the tradition down from his grandfather. My daughter and nephew are published authors as young adults, so the story goes on. I am a bilingual educator in the public school system with more years experience than I can believe. It’s a job with a captive audience for stories and it’s my passion.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

M.S. Candidate in Library and Information Science
University of North Texas
School of Library and Information Sciences
Denton, Texas

B.S. Education
University of North Texas
Denton, TX

STORYTELLING INTERESTS

My parents shared their love of story with me from the beginning. My father loved to make up animal stories and my mother loved to read aloud to us. My mother tells the story of my first story when I was almost three and I entertained them on a car trip with the whole story of Little Red Riding Hood, complete with gestures and character voices. She ends the story with that is when she knew that I was smart, but really it’s when I launched my career as a storyteller. I first performed on a stage in the 5th grade at the Little Theater at Texas Christian University. I was an avid debater in the debating club during high school. When I took Children’s Literature for my education degree I already knew how to tell a story and it’s one of my favorite parts of teaching. I love to tell personal stories, but my interests are very broad. I have recently added stories from Africa now that my favorite man was born in Nigeria.

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

I love life and telling stories, so I’m trying to figure out how to keep on telling when I retire from teaching.