Perry Nodelman

Title:Professor Emeritus

Biography:

Perry Nodelman is the author of four books about children’s literature:Words about Pictures: The Narrative Art of Children’s Picture Books,The Pleasures of Children Literature(3d edition in collaboration with Mavis Reimer), The Hidden Adult: Defining Children’s Literature, andAlternating Narratives in Fiction for Young Readers: Twice Upon a Time, as well as about 150 essays and chapters in books about children’s literature and a number of novels for young people. He was the recipient of the 2015International Grimm Awardfor Research in Children’s Literature, presented by the international Institute for Children’s Literature, Osaka. A Professor Emeritus at the University of Winnipeg, he occupies his time in retirement as a doting grandfather and volunteer guide and docent at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in Halifax, Canada.

Website:www.perrynodelman.com