Christina Soontornvat is the award-winning author of picture books and chapter books for children, including To Change a Planet, the Diary of an Ice Princess chapter book series, the bestselling graphic novel, The Tryout, the high seas adventure The Last Mapmaker, and A Wish in the Dark, a Thai-inspired fantasy inspired by Les Misérables.
Christopher Gabrieli has been at the forefront of several movements to reimagine the role and structure of schools. Gabrieli is co-founder of Transforming Education, an organization that works to equip students with the essential skills and habits to succeed in college, career, and life. Gabrieli was co-founder and co-chairman of the National Center on Time & Learning, a nonprofit organzation dedicated to expanding and improving learning time in school to improve student achievement. He is also a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Christopher Myers comes from a long line of creative storytellers. In this exclusive video interview with Reading Rockets, Christopher Myers talks about his Brooklyn neighborhood, his work, and how reading touches every part of his life.
Christopher Paul Curtis did not become a published author until he was in his 40’s. Before his first novel was published, he spent much of his adult life working in an automobile factory. Work at the factory became so unbearable that Curtis began having semi-hallucinations at night of car doors and assembly lines moving through his bedroom. Fortunately, Curtis’ fate changed dramatically when his first two novels received some of the most prestigious awards in all of children’s literature.
