A Little Harmony is All I Need

About the Book

A Little Harmony Is All I Need is a book of stories, speeches and essays which "I have written over the years." These writings delineate certain aspects of Allen's teaching career, which began in 1970. The book also demonstrates a twin-emotional pull which Allen received from his teaching and his desire to write. Each one of these twin-endeavors gave him boundless joy and made him feel that he was living a purposeful life.

About the Author

George L. Allen is a retired English teacher who is still teaching part-time. He specializes in the teaching of Speed, Critical, and Developmental Reading, all of which he has taught at Mission College in Santa Clara, California. Allen claims that nothing gives him more pleasure than to see the satisfied look in a student's eyes and on a student's face when he or she has just learned something new about reading. Allen believes that this special look which he receives even now from his students "is worth more to me than all the money in the world."