Nancy Polette

Nancy Polette is a writer, the author of more than 100 professional books and several children’s books.^[1] She is a former teacher for grades K-8, director of several programs, and director of the Laboratory School at Lindenwood University. She has been an instructor for more than fifty years, including as a professor at Lindenwood University.^[2]

Early life and education

Polette made her first publication in a children’s magazine at the age of ten.^[3]

Career

Nancy Polette worked as a K-8 classroom teacher for 30 years. She was a teacher in the school district of Pattonville when she also took the role as the school’s librarian. She began writing books that teachers could use as resources and references.^[3][4]

Polette was later the director of the Laboratory School at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri.^[2] She also served as a director of Library/Media and Gifted Programs in St. Louis county schools.^[5]

In 2006, Polette's website, "Nancy Polette's Children's Literature Site", was given an "A" rating for its educational content by Education World magazine.^[6]

Polette has also been a keynote speaker and consultant at many conferences, including library and media specialists and gifted and reading educators.^[1]

In addition to speaking, Polette also advises school districts in the United States and Canada on meeting performance standards by using integrated learning in lessons.^[1]

Polette is a professor at Lindenwood University. She teaches educators how to efficiently use the libraries in their schools in order to engage students in lessons.^[3] Some of the workshops she has presented include: Mind Stretching Picture Books K-6, Luring Readers With Improvisation & Readers Theatre (Elementary/Middle School), Stretching Minds With Lemony Snicket, and many more.^[1]

Polette currently lives in O’Fallon, Missouri.

Selected books

Children's books

• N is for Never Forget, 2017^[7]
• The Spy with the Wooden Leg: The Story of Virginia Hall, 2012^[8]
• Diagnosis: Monster, 2011
• Damsel or Daredevil?, 2006
• Grandma’s Patchy Pocket, 2004
• Tangles, 1990
• The Little Old Women and the Hungry Cat, 1989^[9]

Professional books

• The Brain Power Story Hour, 2012^[10][11]
• Fairy Tale Fun, 2012
• Reading the Fifty States, 2010
• Lures to Literacy, 2003
• Books and Real Life, 1984
• E is for Everybody, 1982
• Three R’s for the Gifted, 1982
• Books to Build Brain Power, 1990
• Engage youngsters with Caldecott Fun^[5]
• Reading the World with Picture Books^[12]
• Mysteries in the Classroom^[13]
• Biography, By Golly!^[14]

Literature study and activity books

• ABCs of Thinking With Caldecott Books, Foster thinking skills!, Gr 1-3
• Another Point of View, (Fairy Tales), Gr 3-7
• Forecasting the Future with the Wizard of Oz, A whole new look at an old favorite with a focus on the future, Gr 2-6
• Historical Hoaxes, Gr 4-8
• Pfunny Phonics from Children's Literature, Gr K-2
• School Librarian's Grab Bag, Gr K-6