ABOUT US
ANGELA AMES HOLLENBERG IS A CERTIFIED, EXPERIENCED TEACHER.
SHE HAS TAUGHT IN BOTH THE CONVENTIONAL AND AT-RISK CLASSROOM.
ANGELA WAS A CLERGY SPOUSE FOR TWENTY YEARS AND A HOME
SCHOOL MOM. SHE WAS TRAINED IN ORAL INTERPRETATION AND READERS
THEATER BY DR. IRENE LESLIE COGER AT MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY,
SPRINGFIELD, WHERE SHE IS A GRADUATE. ANGELA IS ALSO A SELF -
TAUGHT VENTRILOQUIST AND PUPPETEER. THE IDEA FOR "STORIES WITH
THEIR POEMS" COMES FROM HER LOVE AND PASSION FOR CHILDREN'S
LITERATURE BASED ON HER MEMORIES OF BEING READ TO BY HER MOTHER
AS A SMALL CHILD. THE NAME, "MY HOUSE PLAYHOUSE," SPRINGS FROM
HER FATHER HAVING BUILT A PLAYHOUSE FOR HER AS A CHILD. SHE IS
CURRENTLY WORKING ON VOLUME 2, "STORIES WITH THEIR POEMS."
HER STORIES INTRODUCE LOVEABLE CHARACTERS AND TEACH
VALUABLE LIFE LESSONS. ANGELA SAYS, "CHILDREN SHOULD HAVE
FUN WHILE LEARNING AND THERE IS A CHILD IN US ALL!"
THE REV. GARY HOLLENBERG IS A RETIRED ORDAINED MINISTER
WITH TWENTY YEARS IN PASTORAL MINISTRY. HE IS A CERTIFIED,
EXPERIENCED TEACHER HAVING TAUGHT IN THE CONVENTIONAL AND
AT-RISK CLASSROOM. GARY HAS TAUGHT AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL
WHERE HIS EXPERIENCE INCLUDES COURSES IN CREATIVE WRITING.
HE IS CURRENTLY WRITING AND WILL RECORD ON CD AN AUTO-
BIOGRAPHICAL ABOUT GROWING UP IN A 1950'S SMALL TOWN SERIES
ENTITLED, IN CADENCE, TO BE AVAILABLE IN THE "MY HOUSE
PLAYHOUSE" STORE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. GARY IS A SELF-TAUGHT
COMPUTER 'WONK' WHO PROVIDES THE TECHNICAL KNOW HOW IN
ALL "MY HOUSE PLAYHOUSE" ENDEAVORS.
ANGELA AND GARY HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR THIRTY ONE YEARS.
THEY ARE THE PARENTS OF THREE GROWN DAUGHTERS. THEY LIVE IN
MISSOURI WITH THEIR FIVE LOVEABLE DOGS.