“Waters possesses such electricity that the federal government should tap him as an alternative energy source.” Michael Hoover, The Evening Sun.
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Charles Waters (he/him) (charleswaterspoetry.com) is a children’s poet, author, actor, anthologist, and educator. His book Mascot (co-written with Traci Sorell) won many awards including the American Indian Youth Literature Award Honor and the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Honor. His other books (co-written with Irene Latham) include: African Town (winner of the 2023 Scott O’Dell Award For Historical Fiction), Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes and Friendship (winner of a Charlotte Huck Honor) Dictionary For A Better World: Poems, Quotes and Anecdotes from A – Z, Be A Bridge, the anthologies The Mistakes That Made Us: Confessions from Twenty Poets and If I Could Choose A Best Day: Poems of Possibility, and For The Win: Poems Celebrating Phenomenal Athletes.
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Books by Charles Waters
