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Lee Wardlaw
Children’s Book Author,
Teacher, Cat-Wrangler |
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Lee Wardlaw claims that her first spoken word was ‘kitty.’
Since then, she’s shared her life with 30 cats (not all at the
same time!), and published 30 books for young readers,
including board books, picture books, easy-readers, chapter
books, middle grade/YA fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and short
stories. Her books have sold more than one million copies
world-wide, receiving awards and honors from the American
Library Association, the International Literacy Association, the
Children’s Book Council, National Council of Teachers of
English, the Association for Library Service to Children, Bank
Street College of Education’s Children’s Book Committee, the
Cooperative Children’s Book Center, and more. |
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Lee’s newest books include: Won Ton – A Cat Tale Told in Haiku (Holt Books for
Young Readers, illustrated by Eugene Yelchin), winner of the Lee Bennett Hopkins
Children’s Poetry Award and the Myra Cohn Livingston Poetry Award (among others);
and Won Ton’s companion title Won Ton and Chopstick, an NCTE Notable Poetry
Book and recipient of the BookSource “Scout” Award for Poetry.
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Lee has a B.A. in Elementary Education from Cal Poly, SLO, an A.M.I. Primary
Diploma (ages 3-6) from the Montessori Institute of San Diego, and studied for her
M.Ed. in Child Development at Loyola University, Maryland. She was the Director
and Head Teacher of a preschool for two years, and taught elementary grades for
three years, prior to writing full-time. Lee still enjoys teaching, and has 40+ years
experience giving presentations – both onsite and virtual – for students, teachers,
parents, librarians, and writers. |
Lee has been an active member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and
Illustrators since 1980, most recently serving as a mentor for California’s Central-
Coastal region. She is also a member of the Authors Guild, the National Association
for the Education of Young Children, the Children’s Literature Council of Southern
California, California Reading Association, North American Montessori Teachers’
Association, Association Montessori Internationale and, yes, even the Cat
Writers’ Association! |
Lee lives in Santa Barbara, CA. She and her husband have one grown son (a voracious reader) and one dog-disdaining cat.
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For more information about Lee and her books, or to schedule a school, library,
conference, Skype, or bookstore appearance, please contact her at: |
| author@leewardlaw.com |
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