Cyndi Giorgis

Cyndi Giorgis is an educator and scholar specializing in children’s and young adult literature, literacy, and reading. A former primary-grade classroom teacher and school librarian, she has also served as a teacher educator and higher-education administrator. She holds a Ph.D. in language, reading, and culture from the University of Arizona and has taught at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Arizona State University.

Giorgis edited and revised the eighth edition of Jim Trelease’s Read-Aloud Handbook, published by Penguin Books in 2019. Her professional contributions include articles and book chapters on children’s literature and literacy, and she has served on committees for the Caldecott, Newbery, and Theodor Seuss Geisel awards. She received the International Literacy Association’s Arbuthnot Award for Outstanding Professor of Children’s and Young Adult Literature.