Eileen Robinson
Eileen Robinson has worked with children’s writers all over the world for about 30 years. She’s worked for Scholastic, Harcourt, was co-founder of Reycraft Books, and one of the very few African-Americans to own a small publishing company, Move Books, which is now housed at Charlesbridge Publishing as “Charlesbridge Moves”, a middle-grade fiction imprint for reluctant readers, headed by Eileen. She also teaches the art of revision with Harold Underdown at The Highlights Foundation.
Eileen believes “Every child should have that book that feels just right, in that moment of their growth, like it was created just for them. Those printed words (and illustrations) should not only show some reflection of them, but common ground in our humanity, letting them know they are not alone in their experiences, but that those experiences may just be different. We, as adults, can choose to embrace that difference or not, but we should never teach our children to treat anyone less than a human being. And hopefully somewhere in there is empathy, and you, the children’s writer, can be a vessel for that understanding.”
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