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I thoroughly enjoyed this. I love when picture book biographies really seem to convey the personality and character of the individual they portray, and I came away feeling that I had "met" Moore in these pages. I hadn't previously read anything about Moore specifically though she is mentioned extensively in a picture book biography about Margaret Wise Brown (The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown -- which, for the record, I didn't like very much). I am glad to have this other, less negati
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A delightful peek into the early days of children's literature and the birth of youth libraries and librarians. We all owe a debt of gratitude to Anne Carroll Moore and her colleagues, who valued children and their rights to read and visit libraries.
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A picture book biography of the NYPL librarian who oversaw the children's sections of their 36 branches, instituting a pledge to convince librarians to allow children to check out books, remove silence signs, put exciting adventures on library shelves, pushed for better and more children's books... Afterword gives information about other trailblazers in children's librarianship.
Rounded up because I really like the title and the refrain showing that change can be made. ...more
Rounded up because I really like the title and the refrain showing that change can be made. ...more
This makes me want to go back to library school and properly learn the vibrant history of children's libraries and librarianship. If Anne Carroll Moore was so animated and welcoming and such an advocate for children and children's spaces, why is there such a pervasive stereotype of the shushing librarian? I imagine her innovative children's room of the early 20th century looks and sounds and feels a lot like my school library today. I hope so, at least.
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Fun biography of a little known women who made a big impact, the bright illustrations are wonderful.
Thank you Anne Carroll Moore.
This is the story of trailblazing librarian Anne Carroll Moore. Yes, I like this story because Moore's quest is my own, but it is also a story of a woman making a difference when women weren't encouraged to do so. Nice back matter.
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Jan 12, 2013
Annisha Jeffries
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