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Author Description <b>ANTHONY L. MANNA, Ph.D.,</b> is a retired professor from the Department of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies and the English Department at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, where he taught Children’s Literature, Young Adult Literature, Writing, and Educational Drama and served as one of the co-directors of Kent State’s National Writing Project <i>(sponsored by UC/Berkeley).</i><br /> <br />A New Jersey native, he received his doctorate from the University of Iowa, Master of Arts in Teaching degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University <i>(high honors)</i>, and his B. A. from Seton Hall University (with honors). He has taught on nearly every grade level, from preschool to graduate school, and has held positions at the American College in Istanbul, Turkey, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, the University of Maine <i>(Farmington)</i>, and the Center for Literature and Medicine <i>(Hiram College/Northeast Ohio College of Medicine)</i>, where he received a fellowship to research the intersection of the arts and the practice of medicine and healing. <br /><br />He is the recipient of Kent State University’s Distinguished Teaching Award, Kent State’s Student Choice Award, and the Arbuthnot Award from the International Reading Association for outstanding university teaching. <br /><br />Manna is a former member of the executive board of the Children’s Literature Association, former Director of Publications for the Association, and former editor of various columns in the Children’s Literature Association Quarterly.<br /><br />He is co-author of <i>Children’s Literature for Health Awareness</i> and co-editor of <i>Many Faces, Many Voices: Multicultural Literary Experiences for Youth and Art and Story: The Role of Illustration in Multicultural Literature for Youth</i>. He has published numerous articles, book reviews, and book chapters on literature, drama, and teaching both in the U.S.A. and abroad. <br /><br />The children’s picture book he co-authored with Soula Mitakidou, <i>Mr. Semolina-Semolinus: A Greek Folktale (Simon & Schuster, 1997; Aladdin Paperbacks, 2015)</i> was selected a <i>1998 Notable Children’s Book of the Year</i> by the <i>American Library Association</i> was listed among the one hundred best books of the year by the <i>New York Public Library</i>, and was the recipient of the <i>1997 Marion Vannett Ridgway Award</i> for first-time authors and illustrators.<br /><br />In 2002, he co-authored a collection of twenty stories titled <i>Folktales from Greece: A Treasury of Delights (Greenwood Press World Folklore Series)</i>. His most recent picture book,<i> The Orphan: A Cinderella Story from Greece (Schwartz & Wade/Random House 2011)</i> was selected a <i>Bank Street College of Education Best Book of 2012.</i><br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br />

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