Rebecca Kai Dotlich

Rebecca is an accomplished children’s poet who has published numerous children's poetry and picture books, including Over in the Pink House: New Jump Rope Rhymes; Lemonade Sun: And Other Summer Poems; Sweet Dreams of the Wild: Poems for Bedtime; Mama Loves; What Is Round?; and Away We Go! A frequent speaker at IRA and NCTE national and local conferences, she has been a poetry advisor for Creative Classroom magazine, and a contributing columnist for Teaching K–8. She has extensive experience speaking about poetry at various venues, including the Buffalo Writing Conference and the Kentucky Bluegrass Writing Project. Rebecca's poetry has been featured on Reading Rainbow and has been selected for numerous anthologies and textbooks. In addition, she was profiled in Ladybug’s “Meet the Poet” pages. Read more about Rebecca at www.rebeccakaidotlich.com.