Express Yourself 101 for Your Eyes Only

An anthology featuring writers from the past, present and future. Part 1 - Once Upon a Time George Canning, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Khalil Gibran, Rudyard Kipling, Harold Munro, William Morris, Christina Rossetti, William Shakespeare, Ella Wheeler Wilcox Part 2 - After That Herminia Vivancos Part 3 - In Addition Elizabeth Aguilar, W. Jude Aher, Kevin Paul Alawine, Miriam Arango, Milagros Avila, Prmod Bafna, Therese Young Belisle, Alexander Bernace, Dev Bhardwaj, Zoyla Córdoba, Rachelle Arlin Credo, Alain E. Dardé, Chantal Dardé, Maggie Dardé, Gail Deemer, Carolina de la Uz, Juan del Cerro, Elena Diaz-Orta, Juana Escorbort Encarnación, Erik Estabrook, Andi Fisher, Mary García, Stacy Goll, Milena Gomez, Sergio Guzman, Beverly Houck, Jasmine Kang, Penn Kemp, Eda Marie LaPolt, Barbara Ledford Wright, Blanche L. Ledford, Brenda Kay Ledford, Michael Levy, Miriam Lorenzo, Michaela Macha, Joan Marques, PhD., Renee Matthews-Jackson, J. Michaels, Alina Monnar, Lipipuspa Nayak, PhD., Radha Binod Nayak, PhD., Daniel North, Jenny Ovalles, Hrusikesh Panda, PhD., Margaret Paniagua, David Pereda, José Luciano Piloto, Margarita Piloto, Dorin Popa, PhD., Charles P. Ries, Kimberly D. Robinson, Alexander Shaumyan, Miryam Shields, Adrian Spendlow, Rose Mary Stiffin, PhD., Linda Stypulkowski, Kathy Vasilas, Matthew Williams, J. Allen Wilson, S. S. Wong, Yujiro Part 4 - Furthermore Brandon Apagüeño, Kristin Aughenbaugh, Mitzi Bello, Rachel Bernhardt-Licea, Dayana Blandon, Mario Caraballo, Caitie Chrismon, Jacquelyn Conde, Lesley de la Uz, Alexandra Fernandez, Gabriel Fernandez, Johanna Gonzalez, Tania Gonzalez, Dakota R. Lipton, Amanda Lopez, Alberto Monnar, Alex Monnar, Anna Monnar, Alex Perez, Amanda Piloto, Andrea Piloto, José Piloto II, Jonathan Ruano, Justin Ruano, Alexander Sanchez, Giselle Talavera, Laurence Philip Tommasi, Jr., Annette Valls, Tiany Vasallo, Giovanna Velasco, Ibrain Zirini Part 5 - Before I Go Ana Monnar

Ana Monnar is married to Octavio Monnar. They were both blessed with three children, Alberto, Anna and Alexander. The family also adopted Lulu, the star Yorkshire Terrier. Sunny, a Yellow Nape parrot has been with the family for many years.

Mrs. Monnar has been teaching for 25 years. She is currently teaching fourth grade.

About the illustrator

Anna Monnar is the daughter of Ana and Octavio Monnar. Along with her brothers Alberto and Alexander, she is also blessed with an older sister, Alina, from Mr. Monnar's first marriage.

Anna took many years of dance lessons. From age 4 to age 11, she danced ballet, lyrical, tap and jazz. Anna is currently 12 years old. She reads the second reading during mass every month. She loves and participatesin track and field, cross country, basketball, softball volleyball, and enjoys being in team sports at school. Anna is very much loved by her family and friends. The teachers and administrators at the Catholic School where she attends show a lot of love and care also.