Pam Schiller, Ph.D., is an early childhood author and consultant who works freelance. She is a past president of the Texas Association for the Education of Young Children and the Southern Early Childhood Association. She was the Head of the University of Houston's Early Childhood Department, as well as the Director of the Lab School. Pam is a sought-after speaker who has presented talks for the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the Southern Early Childhood Association, the Association for Childhood Education International, and the International Reading Association, among others. She's contributed to a variety of early childhood publications, including Child Care Information Exchange and Texas Child Care Quarterly. Pam has written five early childhood curricula, eleven children's novels, and over thirty teacher and parent resource books.