CARL SOMMER
*Devoted Educator
*Successful Businessman
*Author of Many Books
*Award Winning Author
*Books Translated Into Foreign
Languages
*Military Service
*Radio and TV
*Family Man
Successful Businessman
President of:
*Reliable EDM
*Advance Publishing
*Digital Cornerstone
Devoted Educator
*Regular New York City
High School Teacher
*Assistant Dean of Boys
*Substitute Teacher in 27
Different Schools
*Taught a Junior Achievement
Economics Course in Prague
University,
Czech Republic
*Served
on the Texas
State Board of Education
Review Committee
Author of Many Books
*Character Education Picture
Books (20 Books and
20 Read-Alongs)
*Reading Success (30 Books)
*Reading Adventure (40 Books)
*Number Success (13 Books and 47 Videos)
*Schools in Crisis: Training for
Success or Failure
*Character Under Attack & What You Can Do About It
*Wire EDM Handbook and Complete EDM Handbook
(Coauthored with his son)
*Non-Traditional Machining
Handbook
Award-Winning Author
*Teachers'
ChoiceTM
Awards
* Mom's Choice Award
*Benjamin
Franklin Award
*ForeWord
Magazine Book of the
Year Award
*The Communicator Award
*Family Review Center Gold
Award
*
iParenting Media Award
*Family
Choice Award
*Nominated International Writer
of the Year
Military Service
*Served in the Marine Corp
During the Korean War
Radio and TV
*Numerous Radio and TV Shows
*Oprah Winfrey Show
Family Man
*Five Children
*17 Grandchildren
*Happily Married Since 1955
Sommer's Lifestyle
*Hobbies: Reading, Fishing and
Swimming
*Attends Church Faithfully
*Exercises Five Times a week
*Continues to Write and Develop
Educational Materials |
Carl Sommer is a devoted
educator and a successful businessman with a passion for communicating
values and practical learning skills to children. As a successful
businessman and educator, Sommer is eminently qualified to impart to
students the principles necessary for success in an increasingly complex
world.
Following his passion,
Sommer has authored books in many categories, over 100 books. His works
include: the award-winning “Another Sommer-Time Story™” series of
children’s books and read-alongs that impart values and principles for
success for children. The Another Sommer-Time Story™ Series of 20
character-building story books and read-alongs have won these awards:
Teachers’ ChoiceTM
Award, Mom’s Choice Award, ForeWord
magazine Book of the Year Award, Benjamin Franklin Award, The
Communicator Award, Family Review Center Gold Award, iParenting Media
Award, and Family Choice Award. Many of these books have been translated
into foreign languages.
In addition, It's Not Fair!
won the Children's Choice Award, Mayor For A Day received
Today's Librarian
award for best children's picture book,
and The Ugly Caterpillar
received the Benjamin Franklin Award for best children's picture book.
Sommer also authored
Reading Adventure: a phonics literature-based reading program for
children consisting of over 40 books.
Reading Success: a phonics literature-based reading program for
adults consisting of over 30 books. And Number Success: a
complete practical mathematics series from addition to trigonometry,
supplemented with workbooks and videos consisting of 12 books and 47
teaching DVDs. His concern for the lack of character in America led him
to write,
Character Under Attack and What You Can Do About It (Free
at our website.). To promote character training, this book was sent
free to every elementary school librarian and guidance counselor, and
school superintendent in the United States. It has also been sent to
every state governor, U.S. senator and U.S. representative. Over 115,000
free copies were distributed.
During the Korean War Sommer served in the
Marine Corps. At age 40, he became a New York City public high school
teacher. To become a certified teacher, he attended Oswego State
University, City College of New York, and New York University. Sommer
then became an assistant dean of boys in a high school with 3,600 pupils
where he counseled students and parents. As Sommer taught, he witnessed
firsthand the many deficiencies of the educational system and began to
investigate the system. His research led him to work as a substitute
teacher at every grade level in twenty-seven different schools in all of
the boroughs of New York City. Identifying the problems and needs of
America’s students, he proceeded to craft solutions. His exhaustive
ten-year study, including a one-year leave of absence from teaching, led
to his first book published in 1986--Schools in Crisis: Training for
Success or Failure? (Free
at our website).
It has been heartily endorsed by teachers,
university professors, and prominent educators around the country. It is
reported the book has had a major impact on school reform in New York,
as well as other states.
Across the nation, Sommer has
appeared on radio and television programs, including the nationally
syndicated Oprah Winfrey Show. He has served on the Texas State Board of
Education Review Committee and taught a Junior Achievement economics
course at Prague University, Czech Republic. International Biographical
Centre in Cambridge, England has also nominated him for International
Writer of the Year.
Sommer is the
founder and president of Advance Publishing, Inc.; Digital Cornerstone,
a recording and video studio; and Reliable EDM, a precision machining
company that specializes in electrical discharge machining. It is the
largest company of its kind west of the Mississippi River
(www.ReliableEDM.com).
His two sons manage the EDM company which allows him to pursue his
passion for writing. Another son manages his publishing and recording
studios. He has also authored technical books: Non-Traditional
Machining Handbook, a 432-page describing all of the non-traditional
machining methods currently available, and coauthored with his son,
Wire EDM Handbook and Complete EDM Handbook.
Born in 1930, Sommer is happily married since
1955 and has five children and 17 grandchildren
(See
the Sommer Family at 50th wedding anniversary). He continues to write and develop
educational materials in Houston, Texas. His publishing company, Advance
Publishing, will be releasing four more Another Sommer-Time Story books
and twelve Another Sommer-Time Classics Series. They are also producing
Story Lesson Videos and bilingual versions in Spanish for all 24 Another
Sommer-Time storybooks. Their website provides over 750 pages of free
character-building resources (Free Resources).
Sommer is an avid reader, and his hobbies are
swimming and fishing. He exercises five times a week at home. Twice a
week his workouts include chin-ups on a bar between his kitchen and
garage, and dips at his corner sink. Three times a week he does push-ups
and leg raises. Five times a week he does jumping jacks, walks on a
treadmill, and lifts weights on his home gym. He attends church
faithfully, and thanks the Lord for his excellent health. Sommer has no
plans to retire. He is in excellent health and continues to write and
develop educational materials in Houston, Texas.
Advance
Publishing’s mission statement reveals Sommer’s passion and purpose:
“Providing exciting and inspiring character-building resources that
train and motivate children with positive virtues and life skills, which
enable them to live successful lives, and results in stronger families,
better schools, and a safer and more productive society.” |