Meet a Poet from The Mistakes That Made Us - Charles Waters

 In The Mistakes That Made Us, twenty brave poets share share real-life blunders they made as young people . . . and what happened next.

This episode highlights a poem from Charles Waters. Charles Waters is a children's poet, actor, and co-author of Charlotte Huck Honor Book Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship. His novel in verse, Mascot (co-written with Traci Sorell) was recognized as a Charlotte Huck Honor Book and a 2024 American Indian Youth Literature Award Honor Book. His poems have appeared in various anthologies including One Minute Till Bedtime and The National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry. Charles performs his one-person show as well as conducts poetry performance and writing workshops for elementary and middle school audiences. He lives in Georgia.

The Mistakes That Made Us is a book for all who are growing and discovering and still figuring out who they are. (Which is to say everyone!)

Check out the book at lernerbooks.com.