Author: Rebecca Gardyn Levington

Rebecca Gardyn Levington is a children’s book author, poet, and journalist with a particular penchant for penning both playful and poignant picture books and poems – primarily in rhyme. She is the author of WHATEVER COMES TOMORROW (winner of the SCBWI Atlantic Division Crystal Kite Honor award), BRAINSTORM!, AFIKOMAN, WHERE’D YOU GO? A PASSOVER HIDE-AND-SEEK ADVENTURE, LITTLE DREIDEL LEARNS TO SPIN, and WRITE HERE, WRITE NOW, and has seven additional rhyming picture books forthcoming, including I WILL ALWAYS BE... (HarperCollins, 4/15/25), FINDING FORGIVENESS (FSG, Aug 2025), and SOME DAYS I'M THE WIND (Barefoot Books, fall 2025). Her award-winning poems and articles have appeared in numerous anthologies, newspapers, and magazines. She lives with her family in Summit, N.J., where she enjoys bouncing on a mini-trampoline, playing Mah Jongg, and eating chocolate-peanut butter ice cream (although not usually at the same time!). Find out more and sign up for Rebecca’s monthly newsletter where she shares tips learned throughout her writing journey at www.RebeccaGardynLevington.com.