Mary Humphrey

Mary Humphrey has more than 17 years experience as a teacher and school librarian, and brings a wealth of knowledge to character education and children's literature from both classroom and conference experiences. Realizing that the criticallessons students grasp are learned from the stories they hear and read, Ms. Humphrey has developed a character education program based on the heroes of folk and fairy tales. Most recently, she received the Louise Bechtel Fellowship from the American Library Association, an award specifically granted for the pursuit of the effects of the folk literature on character values (2004). She has also received the We the People Bookshelf Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities for both 2004 and 2005. Additionally, she has been a presenter for the NYSCATE, New York Librarian conferences and storytelling conferences. She has written for School Library Media Activities Monthly.