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| About Rita Soltan |
| Rita, an experienced children’s librarian, worked in public libraries in both New York and Michigan for more than 30 years. Rita holds a BA in Education/Spanish Literature and a Master of Library Science, both from Queens College of the City University of New York, and a MAT in Reading and Language Arts from Oakland University, Rochester, MI. Rita has conducted numerous workshops for librarians, teachers and parents using literature throughout the curriculum. She has organized and led many different book discussions for groups including Mother/Daughter and Father/Son book clubs, as well as, groups for children and family reading. She has been involved in planning and implementing numerous staff development programs including literature conferences that incorporate provocative book discussion and was responsible for initiating the annual "Literature and the Child" conference held, under her direction, in southeast Michigan from 1995-2004. Rita is the author of Reading Raps: A Book Club Guide for Librarians, Kids and Families (Libraries Unlimited/Greenwood Press, 2005) and Summer Reading Renaissance (Libraries Unlimited/Greenwood Press, 2008). She has written two articles for the MLA Forum, an electronic journal for the Michigan Library Association, Precocious Readers, and The Tween Market . Her article, Fairy Tale Characters Breathe New Life , was in the ALSC journal Children and Libraries, Summer/Fall 2007 issue. Her newest book, Solving the Reading Riddle :The Librarian's Guide to Reading Instruction will be published in the spring of 2010. Currently, Rita is a regular reviewer for Kirkus Reviews, Horn Book Guide and School Library Journal. She teaches at Oakland Community College in southeast Michigan in the English and Library Technician departments. |
