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Anne Toole grew up in Williston, South Carolina. She is a graduate of Anderson Jr. College in Anderson, South Carolina. She is also a graduate of the University of Georgia. She taught first grade for thirty years in Augusta, Georgia. Ms. Toole has always enjoyed reading and writing poetry. As a child, she loved to listen to nursery rhymes and stories written in verse. When she became a teacher, she used nursery rhymes and simple poems in the class to enhance the regular Language Arts curriculum. After retiring, Ms. Toole worked part-time for several years as an ESOL teacher and also began writing stories about children and animals. Most of the stories are written in verse. Ms. Toole is an avid traveler and has traveled extensively in the United States, Canada, and to many countries in Europe. She has also traveled to Northern Africa and the Middle East. Ms. Toole presently resides in Columbia, South Carolina.