Tom Bober is a school librarian at Captain Elementary in St. Louis, MO. He is a Library Journal Mover and Shaker, former Teacher in Residence at the Library of Congress, and author of the books Building News Literacy, Elementary Educator's Guide to Primary Sources, as well as his newest co-written title, Literature and Primary Sources: The Perfect Pairing for Student Learning. He is a member of teacher advisory boards for the National Portrait Gallery and the American Archive of Public Broadcasting. Tom writes the Picture Books and Primary Sources posts for AASL’s Knowledge Quest blog and hosts The Primary Source Podcast. Tom works with students and educators to promote the love of nonfiction, information literacy, and historical literacy. His foundation is built on over twenty years in public education as a classroom teacher and school librarian.