About the Author: R. W. Thompson received his B. S. in Education from Westfield State University before embarking on a career teaching U. S. History, World History, Latin America History and World Geography at the middle school level for fifteen years. During that time period he earned his Master of Educational Administration degree and served as an elementary principal in a school with grades K-8 for seventeen years. He is now retired and lives with his wife in Westfield, MA. Icicle Dreams is his eighth children's book. The others are; The Gift, Icicle Flies, Icicle's First Christmas, Daydreaming, a Baseball Story, Mrs. Mouse's Christmas, The Crystal Butterfly and the chapter book, Waddle's Big Adventure. He also has had several articles and short stories published in SOUTHWOODS; A journal for Country Living and poems published by The National Library of Poetry. These may be seen on his website, listed below. Contact: Robert W. Thompson, @ robert.thompson58@verizon.net Website: www.rwthompson-author.com