Mem Fox

Mem Fox

female, 63 years old
Australian women writer, Australian, children's writer, author, chloe, Educationalist…Literacy
Mem Fox is an Australian author of children's books and an educationalist specialising in literacy. Mem Fox is considered by school and public...
Mike Rose

Mike Rose

male, 68 years old
Educator, Academic, American, Literacy, University of California, Los Angeles faculty
Mike Rose (born 1941) is a nationally recognized American education scholar and is noted for his significant contribution to the study of literacy...

Eric Hill

male
illustrator, children's writer, author, child literacy, Literacy, Spot the Dog
Eric Hill (born 7 September, 1927 in London) is a popular author and illustrator of children's picture books, best known for his character Spot the...
John Peyton

John Peyton

male, 45 years old
Mercer University alumni, Literacy, Ponte Vedra, early literacy, Gate Petroleum, RALLY Jacksonville!
John Peyton (born July 28, 1964) is a politician of the Republican Party who has served as mayor of Jacksonville, Florida since July 1, 2003. He is...
Gervase Phinn

Gervase Phinn

male, 62 years old
Literacy, Children's literature, Academic of the University of Teesside, University of Teesside, From rotherham, English
Gervase Phinn (born 27 December 1946 in Rotherham, Yorkshire) is an English author and educator. After a career as a teacher he became a schools...

Joanne Larson

female
UCLA, Discourse and Society, Harvard Education Review, Linguistics and Education, Research in the Teaching of English, Journal of Early Childhood Literacy…Handbook of Early Childhood Literacy, Literacy as Snake Oil Beyond the Quick Fix, Literacy
Joanne Larson holds the Michael W. Scandling Professorship at the University of Rochester Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human...

Kathleen de la Peña McCook

female (Ruskin, Florida, United States)
University of Chicago, Marquette University, Louisiana State University, librarian, public library, University of Wisconsin-Madison…Literacy
Kathleen de la Peña McCook is Distinguished University Professor at the University of South Florida. She has also been on the faculties of the S...
Maria Goretti

Maria Goretti

female, deceased (1902)
Murdered Italian child, from the Province of Ancona, Catholic martyr of Modern Times, Passionist, martyr, virgin…Literacy
Saint Maria Goretti (October 16, 1890 - July 6, 1902) is an Italian Roman Catholic virgin saint.
Frank Laubach

Frank Laubach

male, deceased (1970)
Christian, Evangelical, humanitarian, missionary, world peace, American…Literacy, Laubach Literacy
Dr. Frank C. Laubach (September 2, 1884-June 11, 1970) was a Christian Evangelical missionary and mystic known as "The Apostle to the Illiterates."...
Eric A. Havelock

Eric A. Havelock

male, deceased (1988)
Old Leysian, Eric Alfred Havelock, greek philosophy, socialist, university of toronto, British…Literacy
Eric Alfred Havelock (June 3 1903 - April 4 1988) was a British classicist who spent most of his life in Canada and the United States. He was a...