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An open letter to Nancy Pearl.(librarian action figure)(Editorial)

Publication: American Libraries

Publication Date: 01-OCT-03

Author: Kniffel; Leonard
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COPYRIGHT 2003 American Library Association

Although I've never met you, and commenting in print on your personal appearance may seem a tad rude, I'm writing to tell you that I like the way you look-at least judging by the 5-inch-tall plastic librarian action figure you modeled for recently (see p. 31).

I felt bad for you when I read in the September 6 Chicago Tribune that you are being vilified by librarians who live as far from your home in Seattle as Australia. Seems they object to your frumpy looks and the "amazing push-button shushing action" of the doll's...

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