![]() ![]() In addition to working at the library, Cart has also published nineteen books and has served as president of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). Eventually he landed the position of library director, a position he maintained for twelve years (Aronson). When this did not pan out, he decided to keep his job at the library. Landing a job at the Beverly Hills Public Library was not Cart’s initial plan upon arriving to California in 1973 in fact Cart had originally moved to the “Golden West” to pursue a career in acting. However, he decided to get out of Indiana and head west once he was old enough. It was there that he learned “the sound of language” from sermons and the Bible. According to Marc Aaronson, Michael Cart was born and raised in the state of Indiana as a Christian he attended church and Sunday school every weekend. ![]()
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