A Book’s Long Journey: How Librarians Aided One Author’s Award-Winning Research

Authors

  • Patricia Sarles

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.20.2.24

Abstract

Nancy Churnin’s Dear Mr. Dickens won this year’s National Jewish Book Award and was named a Sydney Taylor Honor Book. Here she recalls her journey researching the book—and how librarians were pivotal to her research. Here, in her own words, Churnin shares her story from research to publication.

Author Biography

Patricia Sarles

Patricia Sarles is the Coordinator of Library Services for Brooklyn and Staten Island for the New York City School Library System. In her spare time, she researches donor offspring characters in children’s and young adult literature and is the founder, curator, and editor of the blogs, Books for Donor Offspring and YA Books for Donor Offspring.

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Published

2022-06-17

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2022): Summer

Section

Features

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