Erica Silverman is the author of more than 20 picture books and early readers, as well as poem, articles and educational materials. Her books include Big Pumpkin, a perennial Halloween favorite; Don’t Fidget a Feather, winner of the California Young Reader Medal; Sholom’s Treasure: How Sholom Aleichem Became a Writer, winner of the 2006 Sydney Taylor Award; and the Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa series, the first of which was named a 2006 Theodore (Seuss) Geisel Honor Book for Beginning Readers. As a teacher of nursery school, English as a Second Language, writing, and SAT preparation, her students have ranged in age from 2 to 92. Having loved libraries since early childhood, she recently got her Masters in Library and Information Science and now works as a librarian for the Los Angeles Public Library. She speaks at schools, libraries, and conferences on the joys and challenges of writing.

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