Josette Frank

Josette Frank
A portrait of Frank, year unknown
Born(1893-03-27)March 27, 1893
New York City[1]
DiedSeptember 9, 1989(1989-09-09) (aged 96)
Alexandria, Virginia
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Children's literature advocate and editor
Known forChildren's Reading Consultant, Child Study Association of America
Namesake of Josette Frank Award
Notable workWhat Books For Children?
Your Children's Reading Today

Josette Frank (March 27, 1893 – September 9, 1989)[2] was an American children's literature expert and educational consultant. Frank spent most of her adult life working for the Child Study Association of America (CSAA), a leading authority on child development from the 1920s to the 1960s. Frank was engaged as the CSAA's child reading expert and published a parental literary guide titled What Books For Children? in 1937 with a new edition in 1941. Due to her progressive views about parental supervision of children's reading, Frank became one of the significant pro-comics voices during the American anti-comics movement of the 1950s, for which she received praise and criticism.

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  2. ^ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, US: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014. Number: 068-22-6801; Issue State: New York; Issue Date: Before 1951