Question: Who is credited with presiding over the transition of childrens literature from parables to works that appealed to imagination and emotion?

Related documents: [0]  [DOC] Ursula Nordstrom (February 2, 1910 - October 11, 1988) was publisher and editor-in-chief of juvenile books at Harper & Row from 1940 to 1973. She is credited with presiding over a transformation in children's literature in which morality tales written for adult approval gave way to works that instead appealed to children's imaginations and emotions. [END] 
[1]  [DOC] A parable is a succinct, didactic story, in prose or verse that illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles. It differs from a fable in that fables employ animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature as characters, whereas parables have human characters. A parable is a type of analogy. [END]  
Answer: Ursula Nordstrom
Ursula Nordstrom