Rhoda Trooboff
Rhoda Trooboff is an American educator, publisher, and author.
Education[edit]
Trooboff studied at Wellesley College where she earned an undergraduate degree in English.[1] She got a MAT degree from Harvard's Graduate School of Education.[2]
Career[edit]
Trooboff worked as a teacher in Arlington, VA public schools. She was the head of the English department at the National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C.[3] She also serves as a child protection mediator in the DC Superior Courts and volunteered as a reader at Learning Ally, an organization that records and reads books for the blind and dyslexic.[4]
Publications[edit]
In 2005, she founded Tenley Circle Press, a micro-publishing house in Washington, DC for children's books.[5]
Her writings include:
Ben ,The Bells and the Peacocks (Tenley Circle Press, 2006)
A Book for Elie (Tenley Circle Press, 2008)
Punkinhead's Veggie Adventure and the Strange Contraption in the Kitchen (Tenley Circle Press, 2013)[6]
In 2010, Trooboff edited We Grew It: Let's Eat It (Tenley Circle Press, 2010),[7] and was interviewed by NPR about her educational gardening work.[8]
In 2014, Trooboff wrote her first novel, Correspondence Course: The Bathsua Project. [9][10]
Her books were the only publications featured in the 2020 Seymour Art festival of the Garrett County Arts Council & Simon Pearce Partnership.[11]
Personal life[edit]
Trooboff is married to Peter, a lawyer. They have two daughters and five grandchildren. She is an avid gardener and member of the DC Neighborhood Farm Initiative.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ "January Literary Circle With Wellesley Author".
- ^ Trooboff, Rhoda (2014). Correspondence Course: The Bathsua Project. Tenley Circle Press. ISBN 978-0-9773536-8-2.
- ^ Strauss, Valerie (March 4, 1995). "Twain Classic Bounced From Class Again". Washington Post.
- ^ "Rhoda Trooboff | Washington Independent Review of Books". www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- ^ "Who We Are — Tenley Circle Press". tenleycirclepress.com. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- ^ "New from Rhoda Trooboff".
- ^ "We Grew It, Let's Eat It!". Mule of the World. November 24, 2010. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- ^ "Garden Gives City Kids A Taste For Veggies". NPR.org. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- ^ "Tenley Library Author Talk". District of Columbia Public Library. June 2, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- ^ Trooboff, Rhoda (2014). Correspondence Course: The Bathsua Project. ISBN 978-0977353682.
- ^ "Artist Listing". SEYMOUR. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
- ^ Trooboff, Rhoda (2013), DC Gardeners Oral History Project - Rhoda Trooboff, Josh Lewis, retrieved May 6, 2020