SHERBURNE – Tim Green, author, lawyer and former Atlanta Falcons football player, will stress the importance of reading this morning to approximately 600 Sherburne/Earlvlle Middle School students.

The top defensive player studied law and began a writing career during his eight years with the National Football League, and had already published his first book and become a lawyer before retiring. After writing 15 books for grown-ups, many of them best-sellers, he began a series of best-selling novels for kids set in a world of sports taken from his own experiences as an ahtlete and a coach. In that time, Green has spoken to school children across the country about the importance of school and books and the joys and benefits of reading.