Two books, so far. Both nonfiction, both written from years actually spent in the classroom and in the country, not from a weekend of research.
I Like Apples
Why Kindergarten English Looks Like It’s Working, and What to Do When It Isn’t
A kindergarten classroom, a stack of flashcards, and a room full of five year olds confidently saying “I like apples,” whether or not an apple is anywhere in sight. That moment is where this book starts. Drawing on classroom experience alongside researchers like Krashen, Piaget, and Vygotsky, it looks at why so much early English teaching mistakes recitation for understanding, and what actually helps young learners build language instead of just performing it. It moves in three parts: the illusions that make lessons look successful, the cognitive reality underneath them, and the realignment that follows once you see the difference.
130 pages · Published July 2026 · ISBN-13: 979-8891708082
Go Anyway
The Honest Guide to Teaching English in Vietnam Over 40
Most guides to teaching English in Vietnam are written by people who stayed a year. This one covers eight. Go Anyway walks through the parts nobody warns you about at forty and older: the visa paperwork, the classroom culture shock, and the slower, harder to name adjustment of building a life in a river town far from anything familiar. It is not a highlight reel. It is the honest version, loneliness and friendship both included, from someone who went anyway and stayed.
151 pages · Published March 2026 · ISBN-13: 979-8249779351 · 5.0 stars from readers on Amazon