Lilian Moore was an editor, educator, poet, and self-styled yarn-spinner who played a significant role in children’s literature during the mid-to-late 20th century. As the first editor of the newly established Scholastic’s Arrow Book Club from 1957 to 1967, Moore pioneered the program that made quality paperback books accessible and affordable for elementary school children throughout the United States. In addition, she has contributed many stories and poetry collections to the body of available children’s literature, and has been honored for her poetry as well as for several of her storybooks. Source