767:. Some of these stories may seem violent or fantastical to our modern sensibilities, yet they often reflect the deepest yearnings and imaginings of the human mind and heart. Virginia Haviland traveled abroad frequently and was able to draw upon librarians, storytellers, and writers in countries as far away as Japan to help her make her selections. But she was also an avid researcher with a keen interest in rare books, and most of the stories she included in the series were found through a diligent search of old collections. Ms. Haviland was associated with the
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201:(ALA) from 1954 to 1955, and as such attended conferences of the International Board on Books for Children (now called the International Board on Books for Young People), the International Federation of Library Associations, and the Institutions Roundtable for Children's Literature Documentation Centers.
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Library of Congress at the culmination of her
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Haviland died of a stroke on January 6, 1988, in Washington, D.C. Her commitment to literature for young people continues to be recognized by the Virginia Haviland Scholarship for students in the Master of Arts in Children's Literature programs in the Ifill College at Simmons University.
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and published her books in hard cover ca 1959–71. The books were republished in trade paperback by Beech Tree in the mid-1990s. To compile her series, Virginia
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1982 "for her many accomplishments on behalf of children and for those professionals who work with children in the United States and throughout the world ... the
Association joins her colleagues who have bestowed upon her the rank of Ambassador for Children's Books."
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Children & Poetry: A Selective Annotated Bibliography.
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