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Annie Carroll Moore was born on July 12, 1871 in Limerick, Maine. She was
raised with books as an essential part of her childhood, and later
developed a friendship with Beatrix Potter. In 1896 she graduated from the
Library School at the Pratt Institue and became the Children's Librarian
of the Pratt Institute Free Library that same year. She stayed with Pratt
for the next ten years, then became the Superintendent of Work with
Children in he New York Public Library. In 1899, she wrote to the American
Library Association to ask for the creation of a Children's Division, and
one year later was elected to preside over the newly formed Children's
Library Section. She was granted an honorary degree from the Pratt
Institute for distinguished achievement in 1932, and another honorary
degree from the Universirt of Maine in 1940. A few years later, she
began to write a regular column for the Horn Book Magazine,
featuring criticism of children's books. Anne Carroll Moore finally
retired from the New York Public Library in 1941. She dedicated her life
to children and children's services, and died in 1961.
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