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From: jlamb at nypl.org <jlamb>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:00:44 -0400
Between reading MINDERS and these discussions, I feel as though you have been leading us through a grad course these past two weeks Leonard. Just one of the really marvelous things has been your effort to keep us grounded in the broader context within which this facinating cast of characters lived. Certainly ACM was not the only fiesty character involved with shaping the discourse about what is and is not good/appropriate/appealing for children - which leads me to question JL's premise that ACM's tiff with EBW actually reshaped children's literature as the industry moved in to the post-war twentieth century. It is one thing to speculate, as JL does, but would the contents of some private correspondence and possibly a bit of water cooler gossip, really have even reached the attention of more than a small circle of people at that time? What do you think? From what I have gleaned so far, it seems to me as though it is really the writers and the editors, many with strong personalities of their own, who were doing the reshaping -
Thanks so much Leonard for all the time and care you have taken with this
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Jeanne Lamb Assistant Coordinator Office of Children's Services The New York Public Library 455 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10016
(212) 340-0904
Re: [CCBC-Net] Anne Carroll Moore
leonardsma to: juliecummins, ccbc-net 07/28/2008 07:57 AM
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I would also like to point out, as critic Elizabeth Devereaux and others have done elsewhere, that the Stuart Little episode came late in Moore's long, eventful career. White's first children's book appeared four years after Moore's mandatory reirement from NY Public in October, 1941.
Leonard S. Marcus
54 Willow Street, #2A
Brooklyn, New York 11201
tel 718 596-1897
e-mail leonardsma at aol.com
web www.leonardmarcus.com
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From: Julie <juliecummins at earthlink.net>
To: ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu
Sent: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 8:17 pm
Subject: [CCBC-Net] Anne Carroll Moore
I've been following this thread on early children's books editors and Anne Carroll Moore with great interest since I am one who followed in her very large footprints as the seventh Coordinator of Children's Services at New York Public Library. Her mantle was heavy and yes, without doubt, she had her quirks. Despite the barbs aimed at her character, she was a significant and major influence on children's publishing. Speaking for her 'good' side, I offer the following
"respects" that she taught to all new children's librarians. Frances Clarke Sayers cites them in her biography of ACM, titled ANNE CARROLL MOORE published in 1972 by Atheneum. "The Four Respects" 1. Respect for children. Think of and respect them as individuals and neither talk down to them or call them pet names. Consider their requests and to satisfy them. 2.Respect for books. They were to be well-written and none rewritten in words of one syllable. All books were to be sincere
ly and clearly written. 3.The third respect was for fellow workers. Remember that 'we' were part of the whole. Branch work concerned all staff and all were to receive due credit and respect for their share in it. Know something of the other library departments, ask for and give cooperation. 4. The fourth respect was for the professional standing of children's librarians. They were not to be dictated to by others against their better judgement. ACM felt children's librarians were the best trained and most informed staff members on the subject of children's books and reading. And how appropriate these 'respects' are still today! Let's just say the old gal had her good points. Julie Cummins
Former Coordinator of Children's Services, The New York Public Library
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Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:00:44 -0400
Between reading MINDERS and these discussions, I feel as though you have been leading us through a grad course these past two weeks Leonard. Just one of the really marvelous things has been your effort to keep us grounded in the broader context within which this facinating cast of characters lived. Certainly ACM was not the only fiesty character involved with shaping the discourse about what is and is not good/appropriate/appealing for children - which leads me to question JL's premise that ACM's tiff with EBW actually reshaped children's literature as the industry moved in to the post-war twentieth century. It is one thing to speculate, as JL does, but would the contents of some private correspondence and possibly a bit of water cooler gossip, really have even reached the attention of more than a small circle of people at that time? What do you think? From what I have gleaned so far, it seems to me as though it is really the writers and the editors, many with strong personalities of their own, who were doing the reshaping -
Thanks so much Leonard for all the time and care you have taken with this
-
Jeanne Lamb Assistant Coordinator Office of Children's Services The New York Public Library 455 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10016
(212) 340-0904
Re: [CCBC-Net] Anne Carroll Moore
leonardsma to: juliecummins, ccbc-net 07/28/2008 07:57 AM
Sent by: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
I would also like to point out, as critic Elizabeth Devereaux and others have done elsewhere, that the Stuart Little episode came late in Moore's long, eventful career. White's first children's book appeared four years after Moore's mandatory reirement from NY Public in October, 1941.
Leonard S. Marcus
54 Willow Street, #2A
Brooklyn, New York 11201
tel 718 596-1897
e-mail leonardsma at aol.com
web www.leonardmarcus.com
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From: Julie <juliecummins at earthlink.net>
To: ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu
Sent: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 8:17 pm
Subject: [CCBC-Net] Anne Carroll Moore
I've been following this thread on early children's books editors and Anne Carroll Moore with great interest since I am one who followed in her very large footprints as the seventh Coordinator of Children's Services at New York Public Library. Her mantle was heavy and yes, without doubt, she had her quirks. Despite the barbs aimed at her character, she was a significant and major influence on children's publishing. Speaking for her 'good' side, I offer the following
"respects" that she taught to all new children's librarians. Frances Clarke Sayers cites them in her biography of ACM, titled ANNE CARROLL MOORE published in 1972 by Atheneum. "The Four Respects" 1. Respect for children. Think of and respect them as individuals and neither talk down to them or call them pet names. Consider their requests and to satisfy them. 2.Respect for books. They were to be well-written and none rewritten in words of one syllable. All books were to be sincere
ly and clearly written. 3.The third respect was for fellow workers. Remember that 'we' were part of the whole. Branch work concerned all staff and all were to receive due credit and respect for their share in it. Know something of the other library departments, ask for and give cooperation. 4. The fourth respect was for the professional standing of children's librarians. They were not to be dictated to by others against their better judgement. ACM felt children's librarians were the best trained and most informed staff members on the subject of children's books and reading. And how appropriate these 'respects' are still today! Let's just say the old gal had her good points. Julie Cummins
Former Coordinator of Children's Services, The New York Public Library
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