Acknowledgments

We are very lucky to have had many talented and caring people walk with us on our journey. Our co-workers at Team Builders Plus and Take Flight Learning—most notably, Jeff Backal, Ken Blackwell, Cathryn Plum, Stew Bolno, Aaren Perry, Andy Kraus, Lesley Cruz, Dolores Woodington, Heather Hafner, Andrea Bardon, and Britni Coleman—have been enormously supportive in helping this book take flight. To our parents, family, and friends, you have all contributed in ways you will never know.

Special thanks to Traci Rosenberg for her intuitive wisdom and to our talented editors, Cindy Silvert and Melissa Brandzel, whose owl-like clarity humbled a parrot and an eagle. We also want to thank Kulin Shah and the graphic artists at 3RDEYE for bringing the characters to life and to Todd Nordstrom for his insights.

Thank you to our publisher, Tim Moore and his team, for having the vision to put this book out there as only Pearson can. And last, thank you to Richard Andrews, whose passion and steadfast commitment successfully guided this book through every stage of the publishing journey.