 Several librarians published books that developed from their story times at the New York Public Library Children's Room during Moore's tenure, including Mary Gould Davis, Anna Cogswell Tyler and Pura Belpré.With Franklin K. Mathieus, chief librarian for the Boy Scouts of America and Frederic G. Melcher, editor of "Publishers Weekly", Moore founded "Children's Book Week" in 1918.In 1932 Moore received from the Pratt Institute a special award, the "Diploma of Honour".