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Entertaining, educating for
Storyteller 1
1 By TRACY LEE clinal
Starf writer retire
She talks of cunning, quick-witted creatures and Di
mischievous characters from all over the globe. rcsea
She's full of stories. She should be. In 1
Augusta Baker, storytcllcr-in-residence at USC, child
has been telling stories since 1937, when she began New
her career as a children's librarian at a New York A<
City public library. the <
"I've been a librarian all of my professional tion
life," she said. "In New York's public libraries, awai
you had to tell stories. It was an important part of
your job."
A lifetime with children st
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Baker, 76, said she always preferred children to tion
i adults and wanted to work as a children's librarian. SI
W She had to learn how to tell stories to avoid being on t
placed in the adult library, she said. son,
"My head librarian must have been patient ? I Waj
was terrible at first," she said. "It takes you a Libi
while to be comfortable with it." Will
Baker became comfortable with storytelling and B
began to enjoy it. In 1953, she was named assistant stud
coordinator ana storytelling specialist tor [New rcac
York Public Library's central office. She was coor- teac
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James III, who was already living here; Baker said
me Lenawine, dean emeritus of the College of to effectively
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