Joe Conroy is the energetic and engaging author of the International Bestselling Book A To Zoo: 26 Animal Teachable Tales. He is passionate about sharing creative and inspiring ways to build strong relationships with the children in your life. His secret to building a foundation of trust: animated animal stories. Read, read, read, the more you read the more you succeed, but equally important is what you read to the children. As a dad of two, grandfather to a few, he knows the importance of setting children up for success. Elementary school begins with learning to read and ends with reading to learn. Why not give the child in your life a precious gift, "learning to love reading!" A former Wall Street trader, he is a serial entrepreneur with a cheesecake recipe that once garnered marriage proposals. When not writing, Joe enjoys cooking, singing, playing guitar and long convertible rides with his wife. His greatest joy is reading his stories to children, watching their instant connection to the animals and hopeful for our future as they instinctually make the "kinder" choice.