This is the second edition of Dave’s most popular book, All the Kids on My Block. Dave has added pictures at the beginning of each chapter and a study guide at the end. All the Kids on My Block is a recounting of the many experiences that Dave has had with kids during his thirty five years, working as a Counselor for Lutheran Social Services in SD, Montana, and Iowa , and as a school social worker and a private practice therapist in Northwest Iowa. The joy, hope and love that kids shared with the adults in their lives are poignant and heart-warming. Dave feels that throughout the years he has learned far more from his kids than what he has given to them. We hope that you can laugh, cry, and be moved, as you follow this journey with all of Dave’s kids.

Fifteen artists portray, in words and pictures, the places that are most special to them.

Let me just say that if you took two people who grew up in different neighborhoods in Brooklyn and sat them down in a room together they could talk for hours on end and basically share the same stories as if they grew up right next door to each other You see that is why I am writing this book. The stories that I will share with you as you turn each page do not belong to me exclusively. They are YOUR stories just as much as they are mine. All you really have to do is change the names and faces and use your own neighborhood as their back drop and believe me they are yours. I have included after each story an empty page for you to put your story on it so it will become “Your Brooklyn “ and a journal to pass on to those who you wish to remember your story