Trust & Standards
Meet Our Team
A small editorial team of parents, teachers, and librarians. Real people, real bylines, real judgment on every review.
Last updated July 2026
Editorial Director
Editorial Director
Sets the review calendar, owns the reviewer handbook, and is the final editor on every published review.
Senior Reviewer, Picture Books & Early Readers
Ages 0–7
Twenty years teaching early elementary. Reads roughly 300 picture books a year for the site.
Senior Reviewer, Middle-Grade
Ages 8–12
Homeschool parent of three, MA in Children's Literature. Leads our middle-grade collections.
Senior Reviewer, Young Adult
Ages 13+
Former high-school English teacher and school librarian. Focuses on YA fiction and contemporary series.
Fact-Checker
Standards & Sourcing
Verifies quoted passages, bibliographic data, and reviewer citations before publish.
Community Editor
Reader Correspondence
Triages reader flags and coordinates re-reviews. Every email to the site lands here first.
Advisors
We consult a rotating group of teachers, librarians, and child psychologists on age-appropriateness and edge cases. Advisors don’t vote on individual verdicts — they help calibrate the rubric.
Join us
We’re always looking for careful readers. If you’re a parent, teacher, or librarian who’d like to review for Parental Compass, get in touch via the contact page.