Dustin Devine's Moment to Shine

About the Book

Have you ever gone all out to do the best you possibly could only to mess it up royally in front of everyone? In “Dustin Devine’s Moment to Shine”, Dustin gives it all he’s got to impress his coach and fans playing football only to make an embarrassing mistake. He comes out the hero due to an understanding coach who knows that it’s the person, and not winning the game at all costs that counts in life. Bill Bennett character values like teamwork and building up self-esteem are highlighted in an easy to read Dr. Seuss type rhyme scheme that is guaranteed to help build good values in young children’s development. Dedicated to real people the author has worked with in school; this book is also designed to help build children’s vocabulary skills in benchmark learning. Also, hidden in one of the illustrations is Sharon Wu, the illustrator’s, signature. Can you find it? One illustration is just not quite right. Can you identify it and tell why it’s not quite right in the story? The answer is on the last page of the story.

About the Author

Author Alan Portmann received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education in 1984 from the University of MO. - Kansas City. He has worked for 24 years as an Aerospace Engineer in Quality. He is a member of the Ouachita County Fair Board for the last 9 years. He has a wife of 18 years named Lisa and 2 wonderful daughters, Robbie, age 16, and Lacy, age 14. He lives on a 75-acre farm in Camden, Arkansas where he raises lots of farm animals. His hobbies include fishing and collecting antiques, which he routinely shares with local children in the classroom. He previously published another children’s book titled “Jared & Joshua’s Whopper”, (ISBN: 1598866656) in December 2006 with similar Bill Bennett values like honesty and integrity. He truly believes that the most valuable treasure anyone can have is their children and lives by the motto- “Teachers have a lot of class!”