Author

Sylvia Vardell

Sylvia Vardell is Professor Emerita in the School of Library and Information Studies at Texas Woman’s University where she teaches graduate courses in literature for children and young adults. She is recipient of the ALA Scholastic Library Publishing Award and the TWU Distinction in Scholarship Award. She has published 10 books on literature for children and over 100 journal articles for teachers, librarians, administrators, and parents. While her current work focuses on poetry for children, she has served on several national award committees including the prestigious Caldecott Award committee, the ALA Odyssey Award for audiobooks, the ALA Sibert Award for informational literature, the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for nonfiction, the NCTE Award for Poetry, and currently chairs the ALA Children’s Literature Legacy Award committee. She lives in Texas, loves to travel, and is a fan of all things Star Wars. You can find more info at SylviaVardell.com.

Sylvia has authored books such as:

Children’s Literature in Action: A Librarian’s Guide,

Poetry Aloud Here!,The Poetry Teacher’s Book of Lists,

Together with Janet Wong they have written and collaborated on many books, including:

The Poetry Friday Anthology for Celebrations (2015, Pomelo)

You Just Wait (2016, Pomelo)

Pet Crazy (2017, Pomelo)

Hop To It: Poems to Get You Moving (2020, Pomelo)

A World Full of Poems (2020, DK Children)

Things We Wear (2022, Pomelo)

What is a Friend (2022, Pomelo)

What is Hope (2023, Pomelo)