Literature for Young Children: Supporting Emergent Literacy, Ages 0-8

About Cyndi GiorgisJoan Glazer

Cyndi Giorgis is a Professor of Childrens Literature at the University of Nevada Las Vegas where she teaches courses in childrens literature visual literacy multicultural literature and literature for young children. She is a former primary grade classroom teacher and school librarian. She has served on the Newbery Caldecott and Geisel Award committees and is a former editor of The Reading Teachers Childrens Book Review column. Professor Giorgis has edited the Journal of Childrens Literature and has served on various boards such as the International Reading Teachers Special Interest Group in Childrens Literature and Reading and the board of the Childrens Literature Assembly. Dr. Giorgis has published numerous professional articles about literature in the classroom including the most recent book chapter in A Master Class in Childrens Literature: Trends and Issues in an Evolving Field as well as the book The Wonder of It All: When Literature and Literacy Intersect. She is the recipient of the International Reading Associations Arbuthnot Award for Outstanding Professor of Childrens and Young Adult Literature.   Joan I. Glazer is Professor Emerita of Education at Rhode Island College where she taught courses in childrens literature language arts and reading. She has taught at the elementary school level served as a Head Start supervisor and worked as an educational consultant for numerous school districts. She spent the 20022003 academic year in Norway as a Fulbright Scholar visiting more than 60 schools to present teacher workshops and demonstration lessons focusing on American Studies. She is a past president of the United States Board on Books for Young People a past Executive Committee member of the International Board on Books for Young People and is the current president of the board that oversees the publication of Bookbird: A Journal of International Childrens Literature. Dr. Glazer has been honored with the Distinguished Teacher Award from the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development at Rhode Island College was the first holder of the Thorp Professorship for Scholarship and has received the schools Award for Service.