Paul and Ethel Heins were a power couple in the world of children’s literature; neither started their careers with a focus on children’s literature, yet they became two of the most influential people in the field during the twentieth century.
Don’t Call Them Hippos: The Story of Tove Jansson and the Moomins
Created by artist-author Tove Jansson, Finland’s most widely translated author, the Moomin books have been translated into more than sixty languages and have captured the hearts of Moomin fans for generations since the first book was published in 1945.
Influencer: The Alice Jordan Story
In a time when library schools were all but nonexistent, Alice Jordan embraced incoming youth services librarians and championed youth patron services. The Boston Public Library defined children as ages twelve to fourteen and considered them a nuisance, interfering with library services for adults. There were no books for children nor a way for them…
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