Miss Moore thought otherwise : how Anne Carroll Moore created libraries for children / written by Jan Pinborough ; illustrated by Debby Atwell.
Material type: TextPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2013.Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., col. map ; 28 cmISBN:- 054747105X (hbk.)
- 9780547471051 (hbk.)
- A Junior Library Guild selection
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Biography | Moore, A. P646 | Available | 33111007125095 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Once upon a time, American children couldn't borrow library books. Reading wasn't all that important for children, many thought. Luckily Miss Anne Carroll Moore thought otherwise! This is the true story of how Miss Moore created the first children's room at the New York Public Library, a bright, warm room filled with artwork, window seats, and most important of all, borrowing privileges to the world's best children's books in many different languages.
Includes bibliographical references.
Examines the story of how librarian Ann Carroll Moore created the first children's room at the New York Public Library.
A Junior Library Guild selection