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Alex · 11-21-2013, 07:06 AM

Children's author Charlotte Zolotow.

Charlotte Zolotow was once my favorite children's author and yet I don't believe I've ever read one of her books. She was my favorite because when I worked as a page in public libraries one of the worst tasks you could draw was reshelving (or worse, shelf reading) in the children's section. This is awful because

1) Surprisingly, young children aren't great at putting books back in the right place, and

2) The books are all super narrow so often there isn't enough spine to see any useful information so you're constantly pulling books out to see where you are, and

3) The books are all very different heights and widths so when the shelves are packed at all tightly weird things start to happen to the orderliness.

So, with a name like Zolotow it was always easy to find where her books should go. Over at the end.

Plus, her daughter is named Crescent Dragonwagon (not her birth name).

11-21-2013, 07:06 AM	#1
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Children's author Charlotte Zolotow. Charlotte Zolotow was once my favorite children's author and yet I don't believe I've ever read one of her books. She was my favorite because when I worked as a page in public libraries one of the worst tasks you could draw was reshelving (or worse, shelf reading) in the children's section. This is awful because 1) Surprisingly, young children aren't great at putting books back in the right place, and 2) The books are all super narrow so often there isn't enough spine to see any useful information so you're constantly pulling books out to see where you are, and 3) The books are all very different heights and widths so when the shelves are packed at all tightly weird things start to happen to the orderliness. So, with a name like Zolotow it was always easy to find where her books should go. Over at the end. Plus, her daughter is named Crescent Dragonwagon (not her birth name).
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