Linda L. Lamme University of Florida, USA

Linda Leonard Lamme is professor of education at the University of Florida School of Teaching and Learning  where she teaches courses in children's literature, including international literature, literature for the writing program, literature for the content areas, and multicultural literature. She conducts research on children's responses to literature, book analysis, and literature in the curriculum. Lamme has served on the Notable Books for a Global Society Committee for the Children's Literature and Reading SIG of IRA, the Notable Books for Language Arts Committee for NCTE, and the Children's Literature Assembly Board.