Photograph of Jo Osborne with "Red Hot Readers" Pillar

Photograph of Jo Osborne with "Red Hot Readers" Pillar
Photograph of Jo Osborne with "Red Hot Readers" Pillar

Basic details

Photograph of Jo Osborne with "Red Hot Readers" Pillar is an image, with genre photograph and portraits.
Its dimensions are 5.75 in. x 3.125 in..
It was created sometime in 1994.
Rachel Alexander is the contributor.
The original is in a private collection.

Background

Pictured here is children's librarian Jo Osborne in the Old Worthington Library children's area, standing next to a pillar that reads "Red Hot Readers" and it is decorated with handprints of young readers who participated in the Summer Reading Program.

Jo was a children's librarian at Worthington Libraries from 1979 until her death at age 59 in 1995. The Jo Osborne Award for Humor in Children's Literature was established in 1996 to honor her commitment to bringing children, books and humor together. The award recognizes the art of humor in either a single children's book or in the body of work of a children's literature author. As described in the brochure for the award, Jo "sought out the silly, the funny, the poignant, the witty for storytelling and puppet shows to impart a love of books to all the children who were lucky enough to cross her path" during her years as a librarian.

Subjects

It features the person Jo Osborne.
It features the organization Old Worthington Library.
It covers the topics libraries and librarians and library workers.
It covers the Worthington neighborhood Old Worthington.
It features the address 820 High Street.

Record details

This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg.
The Worthington Memory identification code is wcd0484.
This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on . It was last updated .

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