Stepping Stones in a Teen Readers World
A 1959/1950s survey of children’s books highlights how teen readers seek security and maturity through fiction and fact. It reviews The Sunken City and other tales from round the world by James McNeil with Theo Dimson illustrations, and Mystery in Florence by Edward Fenton with Lane Paton art, noting vivid settings from Holland to Scotland and Florence’s Tuscan life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adut
Sunken City
James McNeil
Theo Dimson
London
Iceland
China
Holland
Bohemia
India
Scotland
Stavoren
Zuider Zee
Hungary
Guiana
England
Greece
Florence
Edward Fenton
Lane Paton
Constable
America
Carpenter
Bruno Torelli
Gisella
Bruno
Florentine
Alicia
Wayne Carpenter
Villa Canarina
Andrea
Falegi
Lewis Levenson
Boston
Trattoria
Guelph
Ghibelline
Bobion Gardens
My Fair Lady Selections At Band Concert
The Duntroon Military Band performs at the Australian War Memorial forecourt tomorrow at 2.30 pm with My Fair Lady numbers and other works including Dream of Olen, Rhapsody in Blue, and Sleigh Ride. A marching display by cadets follows, arranged with the Royal Military College Commandant's approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australian War Memorial
Duntroon Military Band
Dream of
Olen
Henry Goehl
Gershwin
LeRoy Anderson
Duntroon Cadets
Royal Military College
Sydney Wool Prices Firm Closes On Firm Note
Sydney greasy wool futures closed firm with prices holding steady on the daily exchange session. Market activity showed light trading as producers and buyers watched for supply signals and demand conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Sydney Greasy Wool Futures Exchange
Flight of the Dalai Lama Tells Tibet Escape From China
Noel Barber narrates the Dalai Lama's 1959 escape from Tibet via the Himalayas with guerrilla help. The book recounts Chinese invasions, monasteries bombed, and Tibetan devotion amid risks as Barber and Ralph Izzard cross perilous routes to India. Maps illustrate escape and troop positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tibet
China
India
Noel Barber
London Daily Mail
Ralph Izzard
Mr. Everest
Nepal
Tobgye Wangdue
Himalayas
Dalai Lama
Africa
Tezpur
Heinrich Harrer
Nehru
Teader
Lhasa
Himalayan
Nevl Barber
Hodder & Stoughton
Crossword Puzzle Clue List From Page 23
Across clues include Is faint with heat eight letters Forest four Devoted to pleasure eight Gave word for eight Dis cern four Translucent eight Feign eight Snakes four Foolhardy eight Breathes eight Reduce ex tent of sail four Toward s the west eight Down clues cover Exchange four Lake Italy four Methods four Command four Mis fortunes five Unwell five Bone cavity five Darken five Smokes five Tracks five Apple juice drink five Water fowls five Spear five Poses five Mature four Prison room four Level four Letter four
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake
Italy
Commonwealth Literary Fund plans richer support for Australian works
The Commonwealth Literary Fund will back publishing 11 Australian manuscripts at about £2000. Secretary J McCushey announced expansion of funds to widen reach and assist more recipients. The committee aims to boost production costs and public lectures while backing a major project in New South Wales in 1961 and reviews 1961 fellowship awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Litary Fund
J. McCushey
McCusker
New Seu Wales
Youth Leaders To Meet In Canberra
Boy and girl leaders of the Young Christian Workers Movement in the Canberra and Goulburn diocese attend a training weekend at the O Donnell Youth Centre Braddon this week. The 63 boys and 61 girls represent seven branches and have trained since early 1960. Some come from Goulburn Gundagai Tumut and Young and will stay with Canberra families. The session begins Saturday night with lectures after Mass and Communion on Sunday leaders hear talks by National officers including the National Chaplain Father K Toomey the National president B Hayes and Mason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Christian Workers Movement
Canberra
Father K. Toomey
Messrs. B. Hayes and
Mason
Also Mentioned on This Page
Symonn
Hi Uilden
Verity Hewitt
Civic Centre
Secret Memorial Bible House
Arental
Alinga St
Civic
Jeddaf
Arabia
Red Sea
South Polar
Jes
Power
Khrushchev
G. Paloczi-Horvath
Ges Clark
Henry Howard
Earl Surrey
Lady Catheriine Grey
Hester Oan Man
Miss Bagshot
Moscow
Anne Telscombe
Norman Lewis
Alan Silitoe
FP. van Wyck Mason
Jarrett
Frank Yerby
Billie Burke
Cameron Shipp
Vasilic
Garema Place
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