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Edwards, Margaret A.

The fair garden and the swarm of beasts; the library and the young adult

Hawthorn Book, 1969

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Year of publication
1969
Place of printing
New York
Author
Edwards, Margaret A.
Publishers
Hawthorn Book
Edition
2nd Edition
Keyword
CHILDRENS LITERATURE YOUTH BOOKS LIBRARIANSHIP
Cover description
Near Fine
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

Revised and expanded edition.Drawing upon years of work as a young adult librarian, the author describes what library work with youth of high-school age should be.".Emphasis on literary works, on childrenís literature, and on illustrated books generally. Maverick librarian Margaret Edwards not only threw open the gates of her fair garden of literary treasures, but she spent a life's work luring in the beasts and committing to connecting those teenagers as individuals, with reading and the library.Required reading for anyone interested in young people and books' 193p. bibliography. index. Spine of DJ tanned, else fine.