Sarah Kaserman

Sarah Jane (Chenot) Kaserman was an educator for more than thirty-five years and recently retired as a teacher of gifted students in the Lee County School District in Florida. Following graduation from North Canton Hoover High School in North Canton, Ohio, she earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education and a master's degree in deaf education from Kent State University. A violinist and fiddle player, Sarah Jane likes to read, travel the country and play old-time, folk and bluegrass music...See more

Sarah Jane (Chenot) Kaserman was an educator for more than thirty-five years and recently retired as a teacher of gifted students in the Lee County School District in Florida. Following graduation from North Canton Hoover High School in North Canton, Ohio, she earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education and a master's degree in deaf education from Kent State University. A violinist and fiddle player, Sarah Jane likes to read, travel the country and play old-time, folk and bluegrass music. Sarah Jane and her grandfather's fiddle, "Charley," can be found at all presentations that the Kasermans put on regarding their series of pirate books. Together, James and Sarah Jane have combined their years in education with the vision of writing multisensory books and have written many elementary Accelerated Reader books. They have written three pirate books, Gasparilla: Pirate Genius, The Legend of Gasparilla: A Tale for All Ages and How the Pirates Saved Christmas. Each of these works has won a number of awards. Their book Pirates of Southwest Florida: Fact and Legend is used in their teaching with the Florida Gulf Coast University's Renaissance Academy. They have been happily married since 1966 and are the parents of two sons, Richard and James, and grandparents to James Hunter, Reed Samuel and Haven Jade. They have lived in Fort Myers, Florida, since moving there from their native Ohio in 1985. See less