Where Passion Meets Education...

To students who want to have fun learning...

Keep dreaming, work hard, and you will have more confidence in yourself than you ever thought possible... 

As a teacher for more than 20 years, and counting, I have seen students struggle with their learning. My books teach the same required academic skills, but in a much easier and quicker way. Over the years I have seen what works, and how students really learn. My passion is to make learning fast, easy, and FUN. You'll see that these books are not your typical books. They are designed to be, I'll say it again...FUN :) I've said this to my students many times whether they were in elementary school, middle school, or high school. "Believe in yourself, and you will be successful. When you are successful, you will have more confidence in yourself than you ever thought possible..."

My mission is to have learners develop skills quickly, so they can catch up if they are below grade level, or get ahead if the are at grade level.  

 Are you a beginner, expert, or somewhere in between? Not to worry! I offer a wide variety of high-quality books that you will enjoy and yes...learn from as well. My books are designed to be used at home by parents or in school. 

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Fiction Books

The Bully Revolution 

Over the course of a middle school Summer break, trouble comes between the kids from Grand Bear Park, as their leader Rinzel Roze bullies the kids from Ammeran Field. As the story follows the events of the American Revolution, the Ammerans may find a way to finally gain their independence.

(for 5th grade-8th grade, 125 pages)

• 2022 Reader’s Choice Award nomination

Avi and his Pet Dinosaur Lola (first book in the series)

Avi and his giant, lovable dinosaur Lola learn the value of friendship as their community learns to embrace a new unique friend. However, life is tricky for Lola, but with the open-mindedness of their community, Lola and Avi truly learn that there is room for EVERYONE.

(5 short stories, each story 5-8 pages, for PreK-1st Grade)

The School Adventures of Avi and Lola

This is the 2nd book in the Avi and Lola the Dinosaur series. In this book Avi and Lola help students through real-life school issues such as bullying, students struggling with reading, and including students with special needs.

(5 longer short stories, 15-18 pages each, for 2nd grade-3rd grade) 

• 2022 Reader’s Choice Award nomination

Avi and Lola Meet the Infamous Eila

Avi and Lola meet a DARING new student, named Eila. She likes to play BIG, BOLD, WILD and FUNNY tricks on teachers. This book is an ALL-STAR collection of LEGENDARY student tricks I (Adam Katz, the author) have seen throughout my teaching career, and as a student. I have always wanted to write this book. I am SO happy the way it turned out! I am sure you will LOVE it TOO...DO NOT try these tricks at school... :). (1 long story 85 pages, for 3rd grade-4th grade)

• 2022 Reader’s Choice Award nomination

Rockin’ out for Kids with Avi and Lola

Jamal, the new lovable top-hat-wearing flying dragon, joins the group. He becomes fast friends with Lola, but his uncontrollable love for caramel sometimes gets him into some sticky situations with Mr. Gritten. A new mysterious homeroom teacher, Ms. Hernandez, is introduced. Her specialty is catching on to the sneaky schemes of students, as well as playing some tricks of her own on them. Avi and Lola of course are the featured characters with all sorts of fun new adventures. Mrs. Jenkins’s niece, Tamera, becomes a new student at the school. Tamera is in a wheelchair which sets the stage for the main goal of the book-raising money for a children’s hospital. There is plenty of excitement, many new developments, and a bright future for more adventures as you become new book friends with many more characters!

(1 long story 150 pages, for 4th grade-5th grade)

English/Language Arts:

Fiction Book Parent/Teacher Editions

The Bully Revolution Parent/Teacher Edition

This is the companion book to The Bully Revolution. The teacher/parent edition has comprehension questions and other skills to support the educational aspects of The Bully Revolution. 

Avi and His Pet Dinosaur Lola Parent/Teacher Edition

This is the companion book to Avi and His Pet Dinosaur Lola. This book has the story without illustrations, comprehension questions, as well as an Answer Key.

The School Adventures of Avi and Lola Parent/Teacher Edition

This is the companion book to The School Adventures of Avi and Lola. This book has the story without illustrations, and comprehension questions, as well as an Answer Key.

Avi and Lola Meet the Infamous Eila Parent/Teacher Edition

This is the companion book for Avi and Lola Meet the Infamous Eila. This book has the story without the illustrations, over 60 comprehension questions, as well as an Answer Key. 

Rockin’ out for Kids with Avi and Lola Parent/Teacher Edition

This is the companion book for Rockin’ Out for Kids with Avi and Lola. This book has the story without the illustrations, it is more than 50 pages long, and has over 140 comprehension questions. An Answer Key is included as well.

English/Language Arts:

Reading Instructional Books

Mr. Bowman’s Class Goes to the Zoo

This is a book where students read half page stories, then answer comprehension questions. The story follows a fictional class on a zany, whimsical field trip to a mythical zoo where they see and interact with 26 make-believe/extraordinary animals. Students will enjoy these funny stories as they learn foundational skills where they look for details in a short entertaining text to find answers to questions. An Answer Key is included as well. (for 2nd grade-3rd grade)

4w’s Single Sentence Comprehension                                                      These are 50 single sentences full of primary sight words with 3-4 comprehension questions per sentence focusing on 4w's--who, when, where, and what. (for PreK-1st Grade)

Math Instructional Books

Lucas’s Money Math Book

This is a 45-money-word problem math book written in a fun and unique way. Lucas is a Pet Store Owner for traditional and unique pets, He sells unique pet products. Students will use tables such as price menus to look up information. They will learn to decipher whether to add or subtract as well as regrouping for both methods. They will work on greater/than less than and arrange prices least to greatest as well. An Answer Key is included as well.(for 3rd grade-5th grade)

Lexi’s Math Book

This book has 100 fun unique story problems of 3 & 4 digits to practice adding and subtracting with regrouping (borrowing and carrying). An Answer Key is included as well. (for 3rd grade-5th grade)

This book is designed to help students count and match the corresponding amount of pictures to that particular number.

The 80 number matching activities are 1-5. 1-10, 10-15, and 10-20. Many of these pictures are colorfully illustrated. (for PreK-K)

This is a book that helps students learn to count objects and match them to the correct numbers 1-5, 1-10, 10-15, and 10-20. This is a coloring book where the counting pictures are of black outlines that students can color. (for PreK-K)

English/Language Arts:

Writing Instructional Books

Mr. Katz’s Wacky, Wild, and Whimsical DWL (Daily Written Language/DOL)

This is the fast and perfect way to master basic capitalization and punctuation from sentences filled with fun repeating consonants and vowel sounds. There are 272 wacky, wild and whimsical sentences. These tongue-twisting sentences tremendously tease teachers and students as learn to capitalize, Names, Days of the Week, Months of the Year as well as learning to use periods and commas. 

(for any student that needs to learn these skills.

Mr. Katz’s Organized Paragraph Writing Practices

This book is a guide to help students learn how to organize their ideas and express their thoughts more clearly and concisely through their writing. There are beginning and advanced levels. Students will learn how to use graphic organizers, and transfer that information to writing paragraphs. There are 30 imaginative writing prompts for student to practice their writing paragraphs.

KG/1st Grade Capitalizing Sentences 

This book is a collection of 50 fun sentences for KG/1st grade students to practice how to capitalize and punctuate sentences.