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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Xii, 256 Pp. Yellow Cloth. Stated First Edition On Copyright Page. Dj Priced $2.50 At Top Of Front Flap. Near Fine, Slight Use, Former Owner's Name Dated 1950 At Top Of Front Endpaper. Dj With Some Wear, 5/8" Squarish Chip At Top Of Spine Panel, 1/2" Tear At Top Of Rear Spine Edge, Minute Losses At Corners, No Loss Of Lettering Or Design. Per Bank Street College Of Education, Irma Simonton Black, 1906-1972, Began Teaching At The Harriet Johnson Nursery School, The Bureau Of Educational Experiments Nursery School, In 1931. She Also Worked In The Research Division And As A Faculty Member Teaching Children'S Literature. The Bee Was Renamed Bank Street College Of Education In 1950, And Black Became The Head Of The Division Of Publications And Communications, A Position She Would Hold For The Rest Of Her Life. She Participated In The Writers Laboratory, Conducted By Bank Street Founder Lucy Sprague Mitchell, And Later Became Its Head. The Writers Lab Was Home To Many Well-Respected Children'S Book Authors And Illustrators. Black Was An Author And Editor Of The Bank Street Readers, The First Multicultural, Multi-Ethnic Readers. The Readers Featured Recognizable Children In Urban Settings Dealing With Everyday Situations. She Also Edited Bank Street'S Early Childhood Discovery Materials And Discoveries Series For Intermediate Grades That Allowed Students To Progress From Group Reading Under Teacher Supervision To Individualized Reading Without A Teacher. Black Was The Author Of More Than Twenty Children'S Books, Both Fiction And Nonfiction, And Wrote Three Non-Fiction Books For Adults. She And Lucy Mitchell Were Also The Editors Of Believe And Make-Believe, Stories By Bank Street Writers. In The 1940S, She Wrote A Weekly Newspaper Column Called "Life With Junior." Through The 1950S And Early 1960S, She Contributed A Monthly Column, "You And Your Child" To Redbook Magazine, Articles On Art For Children To Art In America Magazine, And A Column, "Books For Young People," To Saturday Review Magazine. She Also Contributed Many Articles And Reviews Of Children'S Books To Popular And Professional Publications, Including Progressive Education, Ladies' Home Journal, Parents' Magazine, Women'S Day, The New York Times Book Review, And Journal Of Pediatrics. She Also Wrote For A Radio Program, The Baby Institute That Featured Jessie Stanton And Benjamin Spock, And Contributed To A Nyc Television Program, Winkie Dink.