Sylvia Vardell
professor at the School of Library and Information Studies at Texas Woman’s University
About
91´«Ã½
Among her other professional activities, she is a prolific author, especially in the area of children’s poetry, a regular poetry columnist for 91´«Ã½’s Book Links Magazine, a communicator of poetry for young people through her blog Poetry for Children, an editor of digital poetry anthologies and a very successful grant recipient. She has served as a member of many 91´«Ã½ committees, as president of the United States Board on Books for Young People and as chair of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children.