Bookable Authors: Elementary Grades (Prek 2) English

Kelly Rice Schmitt
Kelly Rice Schmitt is an author of STEAM children’s literature. She holds a B.B.A in Finance and Chinese from the University of Notre Dame and is an advocate for girls in STEM, business, and other fields with gender gaps. She can View →

Susan Schnur
Susan Schnur is a Reconstructionist rabbi whose “paper pulpit” is Lilith magazine, a Jewish women’s quarterly. Susan lives with her husband in Boston, Massachusetts. View →

Mari Schuh
Mari Schuh’s love of reading began with cereal boxes at the kitchen table. Today Mari is the author of hundreds of nonfiction books for beginning readers, covering topics from tomatoes to tornadoes. She lives in the Midwest with her husband and still enjoys a big bowl of Honey Nut… View →
Maryam Al Serkal
Maryam Al Serkal is an Emirati writer who is passionate about storytelling. She lives in Dubai with her husband and two children who inspire her stories. This is her first picture book. View →

Jody Jensen Shaffer
Jody Jensen Shaffer is an award-winning poet and the author of more than seventy books of fiction and nonfiction for children. Jody’s poetry and fiction have been published in magazines like Highlights, Ladybug, and Clubhouse Jr. She lives in Liberty, MO. View →

Marilyn Singer
Marilyn Singer is the author of more than one hundred books for children and young adults. Marilyn received a BA in English from the Queens College, City University of New York and an MA in communications from New York University. After teaching high school English for several years, she View →
Ranjit Singh
Ranjit Singh is a British children’s book author of East Indian heritage. Working in a large city with people of many different backgrounds, he uses words to reach out and inspire people. View →

Mirik Snir
Author Mirik Snir was born in Israel in 1948, during the Israeli War of Independence. A well-known Israeli author, she has published more than 100 children’s books. Mirik is a mother to nine children, a grandmother to ten, a writer-poet, and an elementary school and special education teacher. View →

Traci Sorell
Traci Sorell is the author of Sibert, Orbis Pictus, AILA American Indian Youth Literature Award, and Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga. Her title Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer was also View →
Chitra Soundar
Chitra Soundar is an Indian-born British author and storyteller. She has published more than 30 books and is inspired by the rich heritage of epics and folktales from India as well as India’s natural beauty. View →

Joni Kibort Sussman
Joni Sussman’s books include My First Yiddish Word Book, and several Jewish-themed Sesame Street board books. She lives in Minnesota. The retired publisher of Kar-Ben, she continues to keep Jewish children’s books close to her heart. View →

Jane Sutton
Jane Sutton is an award-winning author of picture books and novels for children. She grew up on Long Island and attended Brandeis University. Jane lives with her husband in the Boston area, as do their grown children and families. She is grateful to get lots of chances to babysit her… View →

Jamie A. Swenson
Jamie A. Swenson received her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University in Minnesota. Jamie is an early literacy storyteller/library associate at the Hedberg Public Library in Janesville, Wisconsin, sharing her love of books and… View →
Keilly Swift
Keilly Swift is managing editor of the award-winning publication First News—the UK’s only national newspaper for young people. The Tigon and the Liger is her debut picture book. View →
Rebekah Taussig
Rebekah Taussig has a PhD in creative nonfiction and disability studies from the University of Kansas and she writes personal stories about disability. Her memoir in essays Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body was published by Harper One in 2021. She lives in View →

Dr. Artika R. Tyner
Dr. Artika Tyner is a passionate educator, award-winning author, civil rights attorney, sought-after speaker, and advocate for justice. She lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and is the founder of the Planting People Growing Justice Leadership Institute. View →
Jennifer Marino Walters
Jennifer Marino Walters is a writer and editor specializing in family and parenting topics. She has written for Los Angeles Times, Reader’s Digest, and Parenting. Jennifer lives with her husband, twin sons, and daughter in the Washington, DC, area. View →
Cleteisha Ann Washington
Cleteisha Ann Washington served in the United States Air Force for over 13 years and despite her military obligation, she was able to tap into her first love, which is writing. She lives in Riverside, California. View →

Charles Waters
Charles Waters is a children’s poet, author, anthologist and actor based in Georgia. His book Mascot (co-written with Traci Sorell) has received an American Indian Youth Literature Award Honor and a Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Honor. His other books (co-written with… View →