Sara Delano Wilford (née Roosevelt, later Whitney, then di Bonaventura; March 13, 1932 – October 22, 2021) was a psychologist who taught at Sarah Lawrence College from 1982 to 2014.
[3] Wilford taught courses connecting child development principles to educational practice.
She was a workshop leader for seminars and conferences on early childhood education and literacy development, and a member of Editorial Advisory Board for Child Magazine.
She is the author of the critically lauded Tough Topics: How to Use Books in Talking with Children About Life Issues and Problems and What you Need to Know When Your Child is Learning to Read.
She has presented in a seminar sponsored by the Department of Early Childhood Education at the University of Athens, Greece, and took part in a literacy delegation to New Zealand and Australia in the summer of 2000.