Johnathon - Softcover

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Jo Ann Burroughs received a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education from Lander College in 1966. She served as a classroom teacher for the next twenty-one years. She received a Masters of Education in Administration and Supervision from Clemson University in 1985. She served ten years as an elementary school principal until her retirement in 1997.

Mrs. Burroughs has been recognized numerous times for excellence as an educator. As a teacher, she received the "Young Educator Award" in Greenville, South Carolina. As a principal, her school won the State School Incentive Award for exceptional student performance five times, and she won the Principal Incentive Award four times. She was also recognized as an Outstanding Clemson Graduate by the university.

As a writer and presenter, Mrs. Burroughs has carried her poignant message, "Children Need Love, Too," throughout the state of South Carolina, into Georgia and nationally. Her portrayal of Johnathon has caused audiences everywhere to cry, uncontrollably, as she actually became the poor, neglected and abused child in the story.

Mrs. Burroughs lives in Ninety Six, South Carolina with her husband and continues to give presentations to educators, civic organizations, and national forums. Although the author of numerous poems, short stories, plays and articles, "Johnathon" is her first novel.