Stephanie Calmenson, Children's Book Author

ALA Poetry Blast

Reading at the ALA Poetry Blast with fellow poets, Mike Artell, Kristine O’Connell George, Mordicai Gerstein, Nikki Grimes, Alan Katz, Joyce Sidman, Marilyn Singer, Lee Wardlaw, Janet Wong, and Tracie Vaughn Zimmer was, well, a blast!

Sylvia Vardell recorded my reading of “Shaggy Dog” at the ALA Poetry Blast.  Thanks, Sylvia!

“Stephanie “gets” the young child. Her poetry is rhythmic and musical and irresistible.”
Sylvia Vardell, Ph.D.
Texas Woman's University School of Library & Information Studies