Miss Moore Thought Otherwise: How Anne Carroll Moore Created Libraries for Children

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."