Annisha Jeffries

Annisha Jeffries is the Youth Services Department manager at the Cleveland Public Library and an advocate for children's literacy. She holds a B.S. in Elementary Education and an MLIS, and she has chaired the prestigious Caldecott Committee. Annisha teaches a course on Technology, Literacy, and Young Children (0-5 years) with Library Juice Academy, writes reviews for Horn Book, and hosts the podcast Reading in the Middle, where she highlights middle-grade literature.