TY - BOOK N2 - Once upon a time, American children could not take books home from the library. They were not even allowed to enter many libraries. Adults thought that children would ruin the library books with their dirty hands. They would never remember to bring library books back. And reading just wasn't very important for children, especially not for girls. 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. AB - Once upon a time, American children could not take books home from the library. They were not even allowed to enter many libraries. Adults thought that children would ruin the library books with their dirty hands. They would never remember to bring library books back. And reading just wasn't very important for children, especially not for girls. 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. T1 - Miss Moore thought otherwise :how Anne Carroll Moore created libraries for children / AU - Pinborough, Jan, AU - Atwell, Debby, CN - Z720.M68 CN - Z720.M68 ID - 1373383 KW - Children's librarians KW - Children's libraries KW - Children's librarians SN - 9780547471051 SN - 054747105X SN - 9780605593053 SN - 0605593051 TI - Miss Moore thought otherwise :how Anne Carroll Moore created libraries for children / ER -