Kathleen Odean has been a children's librarian for fifteen years,
first in
California and now at Moses Brown School, a Friends school in
Providence,
Rhode Island. She grew up in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, and
graduated
from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. Odean then lived
in
Berkeley, California for eight years, where she earned a Master's
of
Library and Information Science as well as an M.A. in Folklore
at
University of California.
Her peers across the country recognize Odean as an expert in
children's
literature. She was recently elected to the Caldecott Award
Committee by
her fellow children's librarians and was also a member of the 1991
Newbery
Award Committee. From 1991 through 1993, she served on the
Notable
Children's Book Committee of the American Library Association, a
national
committee of nine which evaluates all of the year's children's
books.
Odean has also been a reviewer of children's books for School
Library
Journal since 1985.
The author of the groundbreaking work Great Books for Girls:
More Than 600
Books to Inspire Today's Girls and Tomorrow's Women (Ballantine
Books,
1997) and High Steppers, Fallen Angels, and Lollipops: Wall
Street Slang
(Henry Holt Owl Paperbacks, 1989) on the folklore and slang of the
stock
market, Odean has also done some free-lance writing.
Odean has been talking about the importance of books in children's
lives
on NBC-TV's Today and with newspapers, local television and radio
shows
across the country.
She lives in Barrington, Rhode Island, with her husband, Ross
Cheit, a
professor at Brown University.
-I recommend it for all those who want girls to grow up strong,
free bold and kind.-
-MARY PIPHER
Author of Reviving Ophelia -With superb literary taste and an eye
for books depicting strong-minded girls and women, [Odean]
recommends more than 600 outstanding titles.-
-U.S. News & World Report
"I recommend it for all those who want girls to grow up strong,
free bold and kind."
-MARY PIPHER
Author of Reviving Ophelia "With superb literary taste and an eye
for books depicting strong-minded girls and women, [Odean]
recommends more than 600 outstanding titles."
-U.S. News & World Report
I recommend it for all those who want girls to grow up strong, free
bold and kind.
MARY PIPHER
Author of "Reviving Ophelia " With superb literary taste and an eye
for books depicting strong-minded girls and women, [Odean]
recommends more than 600 outstanding titles.
"U.S. News & World Report"
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