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The first African-American to earn a master's degree in librarianship from Albany Teacher’s College (now the State University of New York at Albany), Augusta Baker (1911 – 1998) was a teacher, librarian, and children's book writer who influenced authors and illustrators such as Maurice Sendak, Madeleine L'Engle, Ezra Jack Keats, and John Steptoe. She also worked as a consultant for Sesame Street.
[Fair Use] New York Public Library - Original publication: unknown c. 1961- 1974 Immediate source: Augusta Baker Picture Gallery in Speaking History the Words of SC Librarians http://www.libsci.sc.edu/histories/oralhistory/index.html
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Links
Books about Negro Life for Children (1949) by Augusta Braxton Baker: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d592f200-4d4f-0135-321e-2789495b1d16#/?uuid=d5ec01b0-4d4f-0135-cec2-06dd28649fc2
The Black Experience in Children's Books (1971) by Augusta Braxton Baker: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/773a43d0-ec99-0134-fc09-23b972cfaeb2#/?uuid=75962720-ec99-0134-23ba-08966110efa1
Storytelling: Art and Technique (1977) by Augusta Baker and Ellin Greene: https://www.amazon.com/Storytelling-Art-Technique-Augusta-Baker/dp/0835208400
Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller (2024): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/663657/go-forth-and-tell-the-life-of-augusta-baker-librarian-and-master-storyteller-by-breanna-j-mcdaniel-illustrated-by-april-harrison/
Children's Books
Children's Books
The talking tree: Fairy tales from 15 lands. Illustrated by Johannes Troyer, compiled by Augusta Baker (1955): This book is a collection of "fairy tales" compiled by Augusta Baker, the Supervisor of Storytelling at the New York Public Library in 1955. While some of the tales have appeared in numerous folk tale and fairy tale books since this volume's publication, others are more uncommon, drawn from collections long out of print. https://www.amazon.com/talking-tree-lands-Illustrated-Johannes/dp/B0007DN2YQ
Courlander, Harold. 1956. Uncle Bouqui, folk tales from Haiti; from Uncle Bouqui of Haiti. Read by Augusta Baker. Sound recording. Washington, DC: Folkways Records. Listen here: https://folkways.si.edu/augusta-baker/uncle-bouqui-of-haiti-by-harold-courlander/african-american-spoken-caribbean-childrens/music/album/smithsonian
Baker, Augusta, ed. 1960. Golden lynx, and other tales. Illus. by Johannes Troyer. Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott. https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Lynx-Other-Tales/dp/B0007DN2YG
Baker, Augusta, ed. 1960. Young years; best loved stories and poems for little children. New York, NY: Parents' Magazine Educational Press; Home Library Press. hhttps://www.amazon.com/Young-Years-Stories-Little-Children/dp/B000RY741W/ref=monarch_sidesheet_title
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