![]() ![]() I was fortunate to learn from some incredibly talented children’s librarians-and from Muriel Koretz, a retired teacher who was an expert on the art and history of the picture book. ![]() It wasn’t until I started my career working in libraries that I began to understand the true power of picture books. Still, even with Ginny’s powerful voice strengthening the national reputation for the CCBC, I have almost no memory of looking at picture books during my time in library school, either. Horning, the current director of the CCBC, were early and vocal advocates for more diverse representation in children’s literature and picture books. White Hall, and Ginny Moore Kruse, who served as director of the CCBC for some 26 years (from 1976 to 2002) was a remarkable force for children’s literature. The renowned Wisconsin Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) was housed with the UW library school, in Helen C. It wasn’t until I attended graduate school at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Library School that I began to get a sense of the world of picture books. Yet, despite the enthusiasm for books and the high value placed on reading, I do not remember a single picture book from my early years. My mother, a voracious reader, was determined to raise her four children as readers, so we were surrounded by books and reading was always a part of our daily activity. ![]() There was no television permitted in my house until after dark during my childhood in the 1950s and 1960s. ![]()
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