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This new Easy Reader series features seven-year-old Zack and his family. Having a big sister is bad enough; but, try having two sisters -- one bigger, one smaller. Sandwiched between a bossy fifth-grader who doesn’t have time to play with him, and a mischievous baby who follows him everywhere, our hero, seven-year-old Zack, learns to love being surrounded. An accessible text and humorous full-color illustrations bring Zack’s plight-and its happy solution-to life.

Dia L. Michels is an award-winning internationally published science and parenting writer, she is the author or editor of over a dozen books for both children and adults. Her books have been translated into Spanish, Dutch, Hebrew, Chinese, and Korean. A popular speaker, she lectures frequently at conferences, universities, libraries, and schools around the country. She teaches classes on mammal reproduction and lactation at children’s and science museums around the U.S. and is a commentator for Public Radio, International. Her articles have been published in People, Parenting, Mothering, Parents, Baby Talk, Family Fun, Nurturing, and the Washington Post. She lives in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, DC, with her husband, Tony Gualtieri, their three children, and four cats and a dog. She can be reached at Dia@PlatypusMedia.com.

Fred Bell draws on memories of childhood with his two sisters for the illustrations in Zack In The Middle. He does his drawings in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he lives with his dog and cat. His drawings appear in publications regularly throughout the US.