Children's Voices in Librarians' Words: Children as Readers in Public Libraries in the United States from 1890-1930

Abstract: Public librarians documented children's reading choices and activities in surveys and articles published from 1890 to 1930, a period in the United States that coincided with popular interest in childhood, the rise of children's publishing, and the emergence of mass media. This paper seeks to analyze how the history of children as readers is reflected in public children's librarians professional writings. Although historical readers are notoriously difficult to study because their

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