Hara E. PersonHara E. Person is a writer and editor of books for adults and children. She is also a rabbi and was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.

Diane Goetz Person, Ph.D., is the co-editor of The Continuum Encyclopedia of hildren’s Literature as well as the author of several books on using children’s literature in the classroom. A children’s librarian and a professor of education at Long Island University, she was a member of the 2003 Newbery Committee, and serves on several other committees of the American Library Association and the International Reading Association. Read More Read Less