Miriam Marecek

{{Short description|American educational consultant and author (1940–2020)}}

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Miriam Marecek (1940–2020) was an educational consultant and author{{cite book |last1=Iatridis |first1=Mary D. |first2=Miriam |last2=Maracek |title=Teaching Science to Children: Second Edition (Source Books on Education) |publisher=Routledge; 2 Sub edition |date=March 1, 1993 |isbn=978-0815300908 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/teachingsciencet0000iatr_l2r2 }} specializing in the field of children's literature.

She taught in the literacy field, as a professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education, Boston University, Wheelock College, Tufts University, and Bank Street College.

Marecek was the past President of the Children's Literature and Reading section of the International Reading Association. She served as an Advisor to Boston City Hospital's Reach Out and Read program{{cite web|url=http://www.child2000.org/lit-advisors.htm#MM|title=Soho Center - NCLI - Advisors|publisher=|accessdate=7 October 2014}} and The Electric Company (Children's Television Workshop). Her educational consultant credits include the award-winning family literacy program "Words That Cook",{{Cite web|url=http://www.wordsthatcook.org/consultants.html|title=请稍等，正在进入}} and the Emmy Award-winning children's TV series, A Likely Story.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1608798/|title=A Likely Story (TV Series 1987–1995)|work=IMDb|accessdate=7 October 2014}} In 2014, she wrote her memoir, "[https://www.amazon.com/Escape-Prague-Miriam-Anna-Marecek/dp/132031192X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1436904919&sr=8-1&keywords=escape+from+prague&pebp=1436904922616&perid=06VQ171P1WB6EQ7Z9DDJ Escape from Prague: Composing a New Life In America]."

Marecek was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. She lived in Winchester, Massachusetts and has three children.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}