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Lilian Moore

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Born: March 16 1909

Died: 1919 07 20042004

Lilian Moore grew up in New York, received a degree in teaching from Hunter College, and did graduate work at Columbia University. She attended college during the Depression, so job opportunities were few. She worked for the Bureau of Educational Research, helping children who could not read in their Reading Clinic. Ms. Moore was also a reading specialist for the New York Board of Education. She trained teachers and did extensive research into reading difficulties.

She was the editor of Scholastic's first paperback book club, the Arrow Book Club, beginning in 1957. As she said, "Imagine making it possible for these youngsters to choose and buy good books for the price of comics!" She was an editor at Wonder Books, Thomas Y. Crowell, and contributor to Humpty Dumpty magazine.

In addition, Ms. Moore was a founding member of the Council on Interracial Books for Children. Ms. Moore died on July 20, 2004, at the age of 95.

She is best known for her poetry and easy-to-read books.

Lilian Moore

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Born: March 16 1909

Died: 1919 07 20042004

Lilian Moore grew up in New York, received a degree in teaching from Hunter College, and did graduate work at Columbia University. She attended college during the Depression, so job opportunities were few. She worked for the Bureau of Educational Research, helping children who could not read in their Reading Clinic. Ms. Moore was also a reading specialist for the New York Board of Education. She trained teachers and did extensive research into reading difficulties.

She was the editor of Scholastic's first paperback book club, the Arrow Book Club, beginning in 1957. As she said, "Imagine making it possible for these youngsters to choose and buy good books for the price of comics!" She was an editor at Wonder Books, Thomas Y. Crowell, and contributor to Humpty Dumpty magazine.

In addition, Ms. Moore was a founding member of the Council on Interracial Books for Children. Ms. Moore died on July 20, 2004, at the age of 95.

She is best known for her poetry and easy-to-read books.

Books from Lilian Moore

My First Counting Book

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Little Raccoon's Nighttime Adventure (Big little golden book)

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Hooray for Me!

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Little Raccoon and the Thing in the Pool

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Mural on Second Avenue and Other City Poems

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Junk Day on Juniper Street

4.4/5 ( ratings)

Pickle For A Nickel

4.6/5 ( ratings)

I'll Meet You at the Cucumbers

3.5/5 ( ratings)

The Read-It-Yourself Storybook

4.1/5 ( ratings)

The Snake That Went to School

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Spooky Rhymes and Riddles

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Old Rosie: The Horse Nobody Understood

The Terrible Mr. Twitmeyer

3.5/5 ( ratings)

See My Lovely Poison Ivy: And Other Verses about Witches, Ghosts, and Things

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Mr. Twitmeyer And The Poodle

Just Right

I Feel the Same Way (An Aladdin Book)

I thought I heard the city

Don't Be Afraid, Amanda

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