Lilian Moore (pen name, Sara Asheron; March 17, 1909–July 20, 2004), was a writer of children's books, teacher and poet.
She founded and edited for Scholastic's Arrow Book Club, a low-cost mail-order paperback service for children.
The Great Depression affected these goals, resulting in her finding work as a reading teacher.
While she had initially wanted to teach college-level literature, the Great Depression led to a lack of available jobs.
In 1957, she suggested that Scholastic make its books more accessible to children by offering low-cost mail-order paperbacks.
In 1965, finding a dearth of print materials that Black youth could identify with, she sought to bring together editors, writers and librarians in what became the Council on Interracial Books for Children (or CIBC).
Moore also was awarded the Child Study Association Children's Books of the Year five times.