[Publib] Esther Averill was NYPL Staffer

[King, Kathryn]

As a child one of the few books I vividly remember is The Fire Cat.

The book was already 10 years old when I was born.  I have no idea where it came from.  My parents rarely bought us books since they were expensive.  We used the library mostly.  But I remember that red cover and the yellow cat.

Thanks for the memories.

Kathryn King
Fort Worth Library

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Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:53:09 -0400
From: Jennifer Sprinzen <jsprinze at lmxac.org>
Subject: Re: [Publib] NYPL Staffer
To: Nann Blaine Hilyard <nbhilyard at zblibrary.org>
Cc: "publib at webjunction.org" <publib at webjunction.org>
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Nann Blaine Hilyard wrote:

> http://www.93950.com/cat_club/bio.htm
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> The site says, "She combined her work as an author and illustrator 
> with service as a librarian at the New York Public Library."
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> Nann
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> @the library in Zion, Illinois
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> From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org 
> [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Jane Carle
> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 7:53 AM
> To: Backwage at aol.com; publib at webjunction.org
> Subject: Re: [Publib] NYPL Staffer
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> Thank you for reminding me of Jenny Linsky.  Jenny's Moonlight 
> Adventure was my favorite story.  Halloween is scary -- even if you 
> are a black cat! Jenny was so brave!  I have always wanted to see a 
> cat play the nose flute.
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> I'm sorry, I don't know what Esther Averill did at NYPL.
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> Jane
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> From: "Backwage at aol.com" <Backwage at aol.com>
> To: publib at webjunction.org
> Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2009 4:26:02 PM
> Subject: [Publib] NYPL Staffer
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> I am not a fan of children's books.  With some exceptions--and those 
> are simply not for children.  Such as Esther Averill's Jenny Linsky 
> books.  I mean, Jenny is simply an excellent cat-- and I don't even 
> like cats.
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> [side note:  I have had to empty the cat boxes at a friend's bookstore 
> all weekend while she is out of town. This perhaps colors my feelings.]
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> Jenny is what a cat should be:  she travels the world, dances the 
> sailor hornpipe and never once does Captain Tinker have to clean her 
> catbox.  Every adult should read this book and teach their feline(s) 
> to deal with their own cat box situations.
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> I found a copy of Jenny Goes to Sea at a used book store 
> (interestingly, a religious bookstore, and I'm a cat-disliking 
> atheist) and had to have it.  Also a copy of 30 Years in Sing Sing.  I 
> mean, can you beat that?
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> And now the qualifying question (meaning the item which qualifies this 
> writing for publib):  Esther Averill is reported to have worked in the 
> New York Public Library.  Doing what?  Somebody out there should 
> know.  I sure as heck don't.  Maybe I'll ask Jenny.  I do know that 
> the author of the Sing Sing book was the Reverend James Ingles, who 
> claims to have saved many a soul in that dank prison.  Excepting 
> perhaps those who went to the chair unrepentant. 
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> M. M. [entered in the log as Jack Tar]
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Jenny Linsky!  My husband bought me a used copy of "The Cat Club" for my 
birthday one year.  Even my 3 year-old son likes Jenny & her 
firefighting friend Pickles.

Jen Sprinzen
Librarian
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