Doreen Rappaport

Doreen Rappaport is an award-winning author of over 85 children's books, including fiction and non-fiction works that celebrate multiculturalism, folktales, myths, history, and the lives of world leaders and lesser-known figures.[3][7] Born in New York City, she earned a B.A. in music from Brandeis University and taught music and reading in New York and New Rochelle schools before working at a freedom school in McComb, Mississippi, which inspired her writing career.[1][2][4] She has received honors like the Washington Post Children’s Book Guild Award for lifetime achievement in non-fiction.[5]