The Power of Anne Carroll Moore

At the height of her career in the 1920s and 30s, she was like the Anna Wintour of Kids Lit. Moore also had a regular review column that parents and librarians alike used to decide which books were worth buying or not. The story about Anne Carroll Moore, although no one, including her biographers, knows whether this was apocryphal or not,. She actually had a custom made rubber stamp that read not recommended for purchase by expert.