Making books available: the role of early libraries, librarians, and booksellers in the promotion of African American children's literature

African American Review, Spring, 1998 by Nancy Tolson

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Nancy Tolson is teaching at Grinnell College as well as the University of Iowa as she completes her doctorate in English Education, with an emphasis on African American children's literature.