The author of 100 Best Books for Children and 500 Great Books for Teens, Anita Silvey has devoted 35 years to promoting books that inspire children to become enthusiastic, lifelong readers. Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Horn Book Magazine and a children’s book publisher with Houghton Mifflin), Silvey continues her role as an energetic advocate for children’s and YA literature through regular appearances on television and radio and at literacy events nationwide. Publisher’s Weekly has said, “It would be hard to find a more authoritative voice than Anita Silvey.” She has recently published her first book written for children, a work of narrative nonfiction called I’ll Pass for Your Comrade: Women Soldiers in the Civil War.
In this interview, find out what Silvey thinks about the future of the book and listen to the thrilling real-life anecdote about the creators of Curious George. As she says, “every children’s book tells a story, but every children’s book has a story behind it.”
