Charles Waters (charleswaterspoetry.com) is an author, actor, children’s poet and educator. His latest book Mascot (co-written with Traci Sorell) has received multiple starred reviews. His other books (co-written with Irene Latham) include: African Town (winner of the 2023 Scott O’Dell Award For Historical Fiction), Dictionary For A Better World: Poems, Quotes and Anecdotes from A – Z, Be A Bridge and the Charlotte Huck Honor book Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes and Friendship. His poems have appeared in many children‘s poetry anthologies including National Geographic’s The Poetry of Us.
