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(your article name) is... (description)Alice M. Jordan (1870-1960) was a pioneer American children's librarian, mentor, and book critic.
She was the first Supervisor of Children's Services in the Boston Public Library, founder of the New England Round Table of Children's Librarians, and
Book Editor at the Horn Book Magazine. Coming to the Boston Public Library in 1900 as a Library Assistant, she became Children's Librarian of the Central
Children's Room in 1902 and was appointed Supervisor of Work with Children in 1917.
Early Life
A Maine native, Miss Jordan's father was a sea captain whose travels filled her childhood home with mementos and artifacts from his voyages around the world.
The Jordan siblings (two brothers and one sister) grew up in an environment where literature was appreciated and made a part of their lives. Her favorite
picture books were Hoffman's Struwelpeter and Caldecott's John Gilpin.
Publications
- Co-operation with the Schools, by Alice M. Jordan and Mary E.S. Root. [1910]
- A List of Books for Boys and Girls, in the Public Library of the city of Boston. Boston, Mass.: The Trustees, 1913.
- 1,000 Good Books for Children: Classified and Grade List. Washington, D.C.: National Congress of Mothers (U.S.). Literature Committee, United States Government Printing Office, 1916
- A List of References on the Project Method in Education. Boston: Boston Public Library, 1922
- Children's Books To-day and Yesterday. Boston, 1928
- "Bibliography of Children's Books and Reading, 1927-1928," by Alice M. Jordan, Ruth Anne Overman, Elizabeth Riddell White. The Elementary English Review, Vol. 6, no. 4, 1929, p. 112-115
- "Children's Books as Good Will Messengers," in The Elementary English Review, vol. 6, no. 4, 1929, p. 104-106
- St. Nicholas Moves Westward. Riverton, N.J.: R.R. Bowker Company, 1930
- First Free Children's Library. Chicago: American Library Association, 1935
- "Early children's books," in More Books, vol. 12, no. 5, (May 1940), p. 185-191
- Handbook. Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Library Association, Round Table of Children's Librarians, 1946
- The Horn Book Magazine: Books and Reading for Children and Young People, Alice M. Jordan, Eric P. Kelly, Elizabeth Smishmareva. Boston: The Horn Book, 1947
- From Rollo to Tom Sawyer and Other Papers. Boston, Mass.: The Horn Book Magazine, 1948
- Children's Classics. Boston: The Horn Book,