It would seem that scrapbooking would have little to do with the classroom, but in the words of Thena Smith, retired teacher and author of several scrapbooking related books, "Bulletin boards are simply over-sized scrapbook pages!" 'BoardSmartz' was written to inspire educators to incorporate scrapbooking ideas into the classroom by creating boards that pop with educational pizzazz. 'Board' contains hundreds of classroom topics that will inspire you and your students of all ages with thought provoking displays. Students will love to learn as they read Thena's colorful and original poetry. Designed for the busy teacher to create great looking bulletin boards and children's projects quickly and easily. 'BoardSmartz' makes a great and useful gift for that special teacher.
Thena Smith has written little verses since she was in grade school and the teacher assigned the class the task of writing a Christmas poem. She enjoyed it so much that she wrote poems for a number of her classmates to use as well. She hasn't stopped writing them since.
Just before her retirement from government work she met Bluegrass Publisher,
Linda LaTourelle online and became a published author of her first book,
Where's Thena? I Need a Poem About... This title was appropriate because that is usually what online friends posted to her on various scrapbooking websites.
Thena added six more books to her catalog including Whispers, A Taste of Paste, Board Smartz, Military Moments,C is for Christmas, and Letters to Heaven. She also has a created a number of books with Blurb.
She is well known in the scrapbooking community after writing for PCCrafter for nine years, Scrapbook News and Review online magazine for two years and attending a number of CKU's (Creating Keepsakes University), CHA (Craft and Hobby Association and various expos. Thena has also been active in various online scrapbooking sites as well as Facebook.
