Lori Brown grew up in a small town on the banks of the Tombigbee River.It is here where she first found inspiration to begin writing. She would always sit on the deck of herfamily's camp house overlooking the river and use the calming sounds of the river and the gentle breeze blowing as her muses to create her poems and stories.Lori's love for writing became embedded in her and she continued her passion forwriting into adulthood.Lori became a teacher and immediately knew how her writing mustchange. She decided to write books that would help students remember what they readthrough rhyming words and fun loving characters.Friends Count is the first book in a series of educational supplemental books.She hopes everyone who reads them will learn to love hercharacters just as she does.