Anne Thaxter Eaton

Anne Thaxter Eaton (May 8, 1881 – May 5, 1971) was an American author, book reviewer and children's librarian.

[1] After graduation, in 1906, she started her professional career as a librarian at the Pruyn Library in Albany.

From 1935 to 1946, she served as the co-editor of the children's department of The New York Times along with its own staff Ellen Lewis Buell.

[5][6] She also served as a volunteer in St. Luke's School Library for a period of more than two decades.

Besides her extensive review of children's books, Eaton wrote a number of textbooks and articles.