Virginia Kahl served as the Director of the Maude Shunk Public Library from 1960 – 1968.
Besides her successful library career, Kahl enjoyed art and writing, publishing over a dozen children’s picture books notable for their lighthearted stories with touches of fantasy. Among these are The Duchess Bakes a Cake (1955), Away Went Wolfgang (1954), Plumb Pudding for Christmas (1956), The Perfect Pancake (1960), Giants, Indeed! (1974), and Whose Cat Is That? (1979).
February 18, 1919 – November 4, 2004
Copies of her books are available to read in the Library on the second floor.