Kathy Short Editor & Author

Kathy Short is a professor at the University of Arizona with a focus on global children’s and adolescent literature, literature circles, and intercultural understanding. She has written extensively on literature and served on book award committees. She is director of Worlds of Words and past president of the National Council of Teachers of English.

Deanna Day weaves her passions—art, children’s literature, and technology—into the literacy courses she teaches at Washington State University. She has served on the Notable Books for Global Society and the Notable Children’s Books for Language Arts award committees. She also reviews children’s literature for Language Arts and The Dragon Lode.

Jean Schroeder taught and coached in elementary schools in Tucson Unified School District for more than forty years. She has served on and chaired the Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts award committee. Jean is a founding board member and staff mentor/coach of the inquiry-based IDEA School in Tucson, Arizona.