![]() ![]() ![]() She told me I should be at work and my wife should be at home. "I was shunned in the playground," Adler related, "and even yelled at by an older woman I didn't know. In 1977, when Adler and his wife had their first child, Adler decided to stay home with his son and write whenever the baby napped. Adler commented that his first book, A Little at a Time, was "the result of sheer inspiration and very little perspiration I felt as if I was a conduit for a wonderful idea." Once the book was accepted by Random House for publication, Adler, a math teacher at the time, began writing math books for young readers on topics such as Roman numerals and dimensions. "Maybe one day he'll be a writer."'"Īdler began creating books for children while pursuing doctoral studies in the early 1970s. ![]() The teacher looked at me, smiled, and then told the roomful of parents, 'A long time ago, when I just started teaching, David was in my class.' She smiled again and said, 'I went to the principal and asked, "What should I do with Adler? He's always dreaming." "Leave him alone," the principal answered. His fourth grade teacher was the same one my eldest son had seven years earlier and the same teacher I had some time in the 1950s. As he once commented, "Some years ago I was at Open School Night for my middle son. Adler still resides in the same neighborhood in which he grew up. ![]()
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