Stanley Todd Terasaki "A Few Funny, Fanciful Things that Happened on the Way to my First Book."      Stanley Todd Terasaki made his children’s book debut with Ghosts for Breakfast. Winner of Lee & Low’s 2000 New Voices Award Honor, Ghosts for Breakfast was based on an incident experienced by his great-grandfather.      Ghosts for Breakfast received critical praise. Smithsonian Magazine named it one of its “Notable Books for Children for 2002.” Kirkus Reviews called it “a perfect blend of humor and suspense, with the added appeal of a Japanese-American setting.” Booklist said that it “has all the appeal of a classic Japanese folktale.” Publishers Weekly added that it “conveys the lovingly worn texture of a generations-old family story, and the comfort that parents offer fearful children of any time and place.”      Terasaki is a third generation Japanese-American and a native of Los Angeles. He currently resides in Torrance, California, with his wife and three children. He received his bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University of Southern California and his master’s degree in counseling. After having been an English teacher and counselor for many years, Terasaki now serves as an assistant principal with the Los Angeles Unified School District at King Middle School in Los Angeles.      Terasaki has also written two plays that have been performed locally about Japanese-American Christians during and after World War II: A River in the Desert (Christmas in Manzanar) and Gardena, U.S.A.