Charles Waters (charleswaterspoetry.com) is an author, actor, children’s poet, educator and anthologist. His 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, the Charlotte Huck Honor book Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes and Friendship and the anthologies The Mistakes That Made Us: Confessions From Twenty Poets, and If I Could Choose A Best Day: Poems of Possibilities.
