Every author dreams of writing a bestseller, but few authors actually reach that goal. Even fewer hit bestseller status decades after they publish a book, but that’s exactly what has happened to Elissa Guralnick and Paul Levitt.

Guralnick and Levitt coauthored children’s books when they were younger, but they never saw a dime of profit from them. In fact, Guralnick tells Denver 7 News that every time they published a new book, her husband would ask, “How much is this one going to cost us?”

Now, thanks to author Eli McCann sharing a nostalgic memory of his eighth-grade teacher reading a book that helped him learn the word “ingratiate,” one of Guralnick and Levitt’s books has become an Amazon bestseller overnight.

@eliwmccann My eighth grade teacher, Mrs. Yates. ♬ original sound – Eli McCann

My eighth grade teacher, Mrs. Yates. ♬ original sound – Eli McCann

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