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Goodnight Nobody [rebroadcast]

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The History of Anne Carroll Moore

Anne Carroll Moore was a hero of children's literature who left the world with one undeniably good thing. She pretty much single-handedly invented the children's library. Today it's hard to imagine your local public library without a children's reading room. But before Moore came along, kids really couldn't go to libraries.

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