About Me
Barbara Lerman-Golomb has written for a variety of platforms that help kids think big, ask questions, and engage with the world around them. Books, television, educational software, the arts, magazines, and more. Her creative ventures include designing content for major edutainment and publishing companies like Nickelodeon and Scholastic, co-creating and scripting an award-winning full-motion video language learning adventure, writing and developing content for a national multi-sensory program promoting children’s literacy, authoring a book on HIV/AIDS for teens, establishing community gardens, and designing hands-on experiential activities that turn learning into play. Her articles and essays often explore themes of food, sustainability, environmental stewardship, and social justice. Barbara loves spending time with her family, exploring art, beach days, nature treks, and travel, and values her work with an environmental education nonprofit connecting people and resources to make meaningful change.
Bits About Barbara:
When I was five, my go-to outfit was a cowgirl costume.
My first library card was my most prized and empowering possession.
I’ve always wanted to be a writer. At nine, my mother, who also loved to write, bought me a notepad, pen, and dictionary. I haven’t stop writing since!
I enjoyed keeping diaries. In fact, one of my first story ideas came from something I wrote about in fourth grade!
Speaking of fourth grade, that was the year my best friend and I started a rock band. (She’s still my BFF.)
I danced on a Broadway stage. (It’s kind of a funny story!)
I interviewed President Jimmy Carter for a book.
I am a Scrabble and Jeopardy fanatic. (Hooray for words and knowledge!)
I designed the learning content for a comical and educational video series for kids starring dog puppets!
I explored the largest temperate rainforest in the world while kayaking in Alaska.
My eco educator names is Barbara WOW (Wonders of the World).
When Pete Seeger learned I knew how to build a solar cooker, he asked me to teach kids to make them at the environmental/music Clearwater Festival.
I created an energy efficiency campaign across the whole U.S. inspiring small actions leading to bigger change.
I ran a national community garden program in partnership with First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move promoting healthy eating.
I was a member of a children’s book commitee founded 100+ years ago, reviewing children’s literature to help guide librarians, eductors, and parents.
Harriet the Spy, Charlotte’s Web, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, and From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler were the books that influenced me the most as a young reader.
