Notes on Contributors
The Horn Book Guide

(NO INITIALS) are reviews written by The Horn Book Magazine or Guide staff.

(LA) Lauren Adams teaches English at Brookline High School in Massachusetts and is a former senior editor of the Horn Book Magazine.

(SRA) Sethany Rancier Alongi is an editor with an educational publisher in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She holds an MEd in elementary education from Lesley University and a certificate in children’s writing from Emerson College.

(TDA) A former middle school teacher, Tanya Auger holds a master’s degree in learning and teaching from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

(B. BADER) Barbara Bader is a regular contributor to The Horn Book Magazine.

(DFB) Deirdre F. Baker reviews children’s books for the Toronto Star and teaches children’s literature at the University of Toronto.

(HRB) Hannah Rodgers Barnaby holds a MA in children’s literature from Simmons College and an MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College. Formerly a children’s book editor at Houghton Mifflin, she also has worked a bookseller and a writing instructor.

(LB) Lana Barnes is an editorial intern for The Horn Book Magazine and The Horn Book Guide.

(BB) Barbara Barstow is the former youth services manager for the Cuyahoga County Public Library in Cleveland, Ohio. She has chaired both the Newbery and Caldecott award committees.

(ACB) Amy Chevrette Bear holds an MA from the National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature at Roehampton University in London. She is a graduate of Simmons College.

(AB) Amy Lee Bennett holds a MA / MFA from Simmons College. She has taught children’s literature and writing and is continuing her graduate studies at Boston University.

(NB) Nell Beram is a longtime Horn Book Guide reviewer and a frequent contributor to Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers.

(KLB) Katie Bircher is an assistant manager and blogger for Curious George Books and Toys in Cambridge, MA.

(TB) T. Borregaard holds an MS in archaeological materials and an MA in anthropology. She is a writer and practicing archaeologist living, when not on a dig, in California.

(FFB) Frieda F. Bostian is retired from the Virginia Tech English Department, where she taught children’s literature.

(JMB) Jennifer M. Brabander is senior editor of The Horn Book Magazine.

(MLB) Miriam Lang Budin is head of children’s services and a storyteller at the Chappaqua Library in New York. She has served on the Newbery, Caldecott, and Anne Izard Storytellers’ Choice award committees and chairs the Ezra Jack Keats Award committee.

(ALB) Anita L. Burkam is a former associate editor of The Horn Book Magazine.

(PMC) Paula M. Cairo is the Lower School librarian at Friends Select School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

(BC) Betty Carter, a Horn Book Magazine reviewer, is professor emerita of children’s and young adult literature in the School of Library and Information Studies at Texas Women’s University.

(LBC) Luther B. Clegg, professor emeritus of education at Texas Christian University, teaches children’s literature and social studies methods for more than thirty years. He is the author of The Empty Schoolhouse: Memories of One-Room Texas Schools and coauthor of Celebrating Diversity: A Multicultural Resource.

(ALC) Amy L. Cohn teaches children’s literature to graduate students at Lesley University. She is the compiler of the anthology From Sea to Shining Sea and coauthor, with Suzy Schmidt, of Abraham Lincoln (both Scholastic). She is currently working on an initiative with Scholastic Book Fairs encouraging booktalking in the nation’s schools.

(MRC) Melinda R. Cordell is an ex-horticulturist from Nodaway, Missouri. She is pursuing an MFA in writing for children at Hamline University.

(TLD) Tamara DePasquale holds an MA from the Center for the Study of Children’s Literature at Simmons College and is the youth services librarian for the Eldredge Public Library in Chatham, MA.

(CHD) Claudia Harrington DeShay, education librarian at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, holds a doctorate in library science from Texas Woman’s University, where she has taught courses in children’s and young adult literature.

(ME) Monica Edinger teaches fourth grade at the Dalton School in New York.

(SE) Vancouver author and critic Sarah Ellis teaches writing at Vermont College and is a Horn Book Magazine reviewer.

(DE) David Elzey is a student at Vermont College of Fine Arts working towards an MFA in creative writing for children and young adults.

(LCF) Lisa Catherine Findlay is education director at a treatment program for juvenile offenders in Massachusetts. She was an editor at Random House Children’s Books and worked in the children’s room at the New York Public Library. She holds an MA in English Literature from Fordham University.

(SF) Shoshana Flax holds an MFA in writing for children from Simmons College.

(KF) Kitty Flynn is senior editor of The Horn Book Guide and online content editor for The Horn Book, Inc.

(DJF) Danielle J. Ford is an associate professor of science education at the University of Delaware and a Horn Book Magazine reviewer.

(JF) Author of Presenting Paul Zindel, Jack Forman serves on several ALA committees. He is a reference and instructional librarian and the coordinator of public services at the San Diego Mesa College Library, part of the San Diego Community College District.

(SMG) A school library media specialist with a master’s degree from the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College, Sheila M. Geraty serves as a librarian at the Brookwood School in Manchester, Massachusetts. She also holds a master’s degree in children’s literature.

(ERG) Elissa Gershowitz is managing editor of The Horn Book Guide.

(MG) For eight years, Melinda Greenblatt was program director of Library Connections for the Archdiocese of New York. She previously worked on the Library Power project at New Visions for Public Schools. She serves on the advisory committee for Middle and Junior High School Catalog and the Children’s Book Committee at Bank Street College of Education.

(CG) Claire Gross is associate editor of The Horn Book Magazine and The Horn Book Guide.

(RLH) Rebecca Hachmyer holds an MA in children’s literature from Simmons College. She teaches middle school in Sonoma County, California.

(SH) A freelance children’s book editor in the Boston area, Susan Halperin holds a master’s degree from the Center for the Study of Children’s Literature at Simmons College. She was previously an editor at Candlewick Press.

(JDH) Former librarian for the Museum of Science in Boston, Janet Hamilton is a school librarian in Billerica, MA.

(KEH) Katrina Hedeen is marketing and editorial assistant for the Horn Book, Inc.

(GBH) Gail Hedges teaches children’s literature at Lesley University and other Boston-area colleges. She is the immediate past president of the Foundation for Children’s Books.

(CMH) Christine Heppermann, a freelance writer and former children’s bookseller, is a reviewer for The Horn Book Magazine.

(KTH) Kathleen T. Horning is director of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center in Madison, Wisconsin, and winner of the 2009 Arbuthnot Award.

(NLH) Nancy Hull reviews young adult novels for the Grand Rapids Press and teaches children’s literature at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

(JH) Jonathan Hunt, an elementary school librarian for the Modesto City Schools District in California, is a Horn Book Magazine reviewer.

(MLI) Megan Lynn Isaac, an associate professor at Elon University, teaches and writes about Shakespeare, children’s literature, and young adult literature.

(KI) Kathleen Isaacs is a former middle school teacher and occasional librarian.

(CJ) Formerly an editor, librarian, and children’s literature consultant, Cyrisse Jaffee is associate manager, editorial content, in the Educational Outreach department of WGBH. She holds an MLS from Simmons College.

(MLJ) Marika Jeffery holds an MA in children’s literature from Simmons College. She is a freelance writer in San Diego.

(DK) Deborah Kaplan is a librarian and review editor for the journal Transformative Works and Cultures. She holds an MS in library science and an MA from the Center for the Study of Children’s Literature at Simmons College.

(AK) Former Youth Services Coordinator for the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA, Amy Kellman consults and teaches children’s literature. She is a past president of the United States Board on Books for Young People and has served on the Batchelder, Caldecott, and Newbery award committees.

(JSK) Juliet S. King holds an EdM in language and literacy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is a clinical instructor and professional-development consultant at the Stern Center for Language and Learning in Vermont. She has also worked as a special educator and children’s bookseller.

(MVK) Maeve Visser Knoth is a children’s librarian for the San Mateo (CA) County Library System and an adjunct faculty member at Lesley University. She is a former reviewer for The Horn Book Magazine.

(SDL) Susan Dove Lempke is the children’s services supervisor for the Niles Public Library District in Illinois and a Horn Book Magazine reviewer.

(LAL) Lauren Aimonette Liang, assistant professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Utah, focuses on literature and comprehension instruction. She was a middle school teacher and has served on several children’s book award committees.

(NL) Nina Lindsay is supervising librarian of children’s services at the Oakland Library in Oakland, California.

(CAL) Cindy Lombardo is the main library administrator for the Cleveland Public Library. She has served on numerous selection committees for both the ALSC and YALSA.

(JRL) Joanna Rudge Long is a reviewer for The Horn Book Magazine and a former editor of the young people’s section of Kirkus Reviews.

(AMM) Amanda M. MacGregor holds an MA in children’s literature from Simmons College and has worked as a children’s bookseller and librarian.

(LMM) Lauren Maggio, a graduate of the master’s program in children’s literature at the University of British Columbia and Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science, is the medical education librarian at Stanford University Medical Center.

(BTM) Bridget McCaffrey holds master’s degrees in early childhood education and children’s literature.

(AAM) Professor of education at Ohio Wesleyan University, Amy McClure is the author of Sunrises and Songs: Reading and Writing Poetry in an Elementary Classroom; Response Guides for Teaching Children’s Books; and Books That Invite Talk, Wonder and Play with Language. She is also coauthor of the children’s literature textbook Living Literature: Using Children’s Literature to Support Reading and Language Arts.

(BLM) Beth L. Meister is the library media specialist at the Milwaukee Jewish Day School in Wisconsin. She is a graduate of Mount Mary College and received her MLIS from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

(PJM) Pamela Mishkin is a writer and editor of Spanish textbooks. Her teaching experience ranges from bilingual elementary education to college-level Spanish. She holds an MA in Spanish literature from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and currently lives in Miami, Florida.

(EJM) Betsy Murray holds an EdM in language and literacy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a BA in political science from UC Berkeley. She has worked as a children’s bookseller, a second-grade teacher, and an elementary reading specialist. Currently she is the curriculum specialist at JJ Pickle Elementary School in Austin, Texas.

(MVP) Martha V. Parravano is executive editor of The Horn Book Magazine.

(CGHP) Chelsey G. H. Philpot is editorial assistant of The Horn Book Guide.

(NCP) A former children’s bookseller with an MA in English literature, Norah Piehl is a freelance writer and editor living in the Boston area.

(PR) Patricia Riley holds master’s degrees in writing and children’s literature. She has taught children’s book writing at continuing education programs.

(LR) Lolly Robinson is designer and production manager for The Horn Book, Inc. She teaches children’s literature at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

(ACS) Alissa C. Salamone is a special education preschool teacher with Arlington County Public Schools in Virginia. She holds a degree in bilingual elementary education from Texas Woman’s University.

(M. SANTANGELO) Michael Santangelo is a librarian in the Office of Materials Selection at the Brooklyn Public Library.

(DS) Dean Schneider teaches seventh and eighth grades at the Ensworth School in Nashville, Tennessee.

(CLS) Carolyn Shute worked in educational publishing in Boston for seventeen years before becoming a freelance editor and writer. A longtime Horn Book Guide reviewer, she holds a master’s degree in children’s literature.

(MFS) For almost twelve years, Martha Sibert worked as Children’s Coordinator for the Roanoke County Public Library in Virginia. She holds an MA from the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children’s Literature and is currently a freelance writer in Brookline, Massachusetts.

(HMS) Henrietta M. Smith is professor emerita on the faculty of the School of Library and Information Science, University of South Florida, in Tampa. She has served on the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, and Wilder award committees and is the editor of The Coretta Scott King Awards Book: 1970–2009.

(RLS) Rachel L. Smith, former marketing and circulation manager for The Horn Book, Inc., is assistant editor for an educational publisher.

(R. SMITH) Robin Smith teaches second grade at the Ensworth School in Nashville, Tennessee, and is a reviewer for The Horn Book Magazine.

(NYS) Naomi Socher is pursuing a master’s degree in library science at Rutgers University specializing in school library media.

(RSS) Rita Soltan has worked in public libraries in New York and Michigan. She holds BA and MLS degrees from Queens College of CUNY and an MAT in teaching reading and language arts from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. She is the author of Reading Raps: A Book Club Guide for Librarians, Kids and Families and Summer Reading Renaissance: An Interactive Exhibits Approach.

(MJS) Miriam Steinberg holds a master’s degree in creative arts in learning and elementary education from Lesley University. She is director of the Jewish Graduate Student Network in Philadelphia.

(CHS) Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan, formerly assistant editor of The Horn Book Guide, holds a master’s degree in children’s literature. She teaches English in Brunswick, Maine.

(RS) Roger Sutton is editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc.

(BNT) Bethany Templeton holds an MLIS from the University of Iowa and is a children’s librarian at the Needham Free Public Library in Massachusetts.

(AMT) Antonio Trujillo, a former test evaluator for an educational publisher, holds a degree in classics.

(TW) Tim Wadham, assistant director for youth and community services for the St. Louis County (MO) Library, holds a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and has a PhD in comparative/children’s literature. He is the author of Programming with Latino Children’s Materials and Libros esenciales.

(RRW) Rebecca Reed Whidden works in technical services for the Memorial Library of Radnor Township (PA). She is a former children’s bookseller and holds a master’s degree in elementary education from Lesley University.

(LAW) Laura A. Woollett is an editor with an educational publisher in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and holds a master’s degree in children’s literature from Simmons College.