![]() ![]() The three of them (and particularly Miss Frances Whitehead, at the public library) took a very unhappy child and opened it up through the books they gave me to read. ![]() Nancy Pearl: First, I became a librarian because when I was a child the most important people in my life were the two children’s librarians at my local public library (the Parkman Branch Library in Detroit, Michigan) and the librarian at my elementary school (Hally, also in Detroit). We’re so honored to have spoken with Wonder Woman herself and we are delighted to share her excellent book suggestions.īianca Schulze: Why did you choose to be a librarian? In 2004, Pearl became the 50th winner of the Women’s National Book Association Award for her extraordinary contribution to the world of books and she has a monthly television program Book Lust with Nancy Pearl on the Seattle Channel. You can often hear this heroine fighting to get the right books into the right hands, on National Public Radio’s (NPR) “Morning Edition.” The proof of her success is in her bestselling book Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason and is visible by her standing-room-only bookstore and library events. She has been gifted with a wide range of superhuman powers including, but not limited to, a natural ability to book talk. ![]() Nancy Pearl has worked as both a librarian and a bookseller and is the librarian equivalent of Wonder Woman. By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review ![]()
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