She has spent most of her 26 years as an educator focusing on new readers. Margaret also teaches children's literature to both young children and college students. A former president of the Madison Area Reading Council, Margaret was the first recipient of the Celebrate Literacy Award given by that organization in 1982. Margaret is also the former Director of Special Events for the Friends of the CCBC, Inc. and has spent a total of seven years on the board, including two terms as President. Many of the questions in this interview pertain to Margaret's Books for Beginning Readers bibliography and an related workshops that were held in the late 1990s.