Picture Books for Children Delight with Fuzzy Kitten and Friends
Review highlights midcentury picture books for young readers. The Fuzzy Kitten by Helen Hoke and Miriam Teichner features touchable fur on kitten images, while Mike and His Neighbors by Grace Klein follows a friendly spaniel overbearing neighbors before a turning event. Also covered are Melinda's Hat, Wings Over the Woodshed, The Polite Penguin, Dumbo of the Circus, Fancy Be Good, Hiawatha's Childhood, If I Had All the Money in the World, Pogo's Horse, Noah's Ark, and other illustrated tales, with emphasis on vivid art, readable text, and moral or practical lessons for early readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Hoke
Miriam Teichner
Meg Wahlberg
New York
Julian Messner, Inc
Grace Klein
Mike
Garden City
Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc
Cary
Melinda
Harper & Brothers
Margaret Frisey
Lucia Patton
Chicago
Albert Whitman & Co
Patsy
Peter
Little Bill
Uncle Joe
International Kindergarten Union
Margaret Wise Brown
FH. A. Rey
Iittle
South Pole
Ishing Co
Walt Disney
Mickey Mouse
Donald Duck
Dumbo
Timothy Mouse
Timothy
Mr. Disney
Circus
Fancy
Audrey Chalmers
the Viking Press
Mercy
Lydia
Hiawatha
Henry Wadsworth
Herbert Morton Stoops
Garden City Publishing Co
The
Macmillan Co
Michael
Ernest Norling
Henry Holt & Co
John
Pogo
Helen E. Myers
Charlotte Steiner
N. Y
Dumbo OF
N. J
Two Books On Music Of Interest
An early 20th century note reviews two child oriented music books. Mary Jar man Nelson's FUN WITH MUSIC features illustrated content by Grace T and Olive F Barnett, teaching music through everyday child experiences with simple songs and piano intro. FAVORITE NURSERY SONGS illustrated by Pelagic Doane collects twenty six tunes with simplified piano arrangements by Inez Beertail including classics and newer pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jarman Nelson
Grace T
Olive F. Barnett
Chicago
Albert Whitman & Co
Pelagic Doane
New York
Random House
Inez Beertail
London Bridge
MacDonald
Frances Cavanah Publishes Two Colorful Children Books
Frances Cavanah releases two new titles with Leonard Weisgard illustrations, Pedro of Santa Fe and Louis of New Orleans. Both feature vivid full page pictures and adventures of young boys in festive settings, appealing to readers with rich color and lively storytelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Cavanah
Leonard Weisgard
Pedro
Santa FE
Louis
New Orleans
Philadelphia
David McKay Co
Pedro Martinez
Louis Colson
Mammy Celeste
Books For Young Readers Highlight 1930s Adventure Tales
A 1930s review notes varied fiction for school age readers. John of Pudding Lane by Mabel Leigh Hunt, Cabin in Kettle Creek by May Justus, Pirate Waters by Edwin L. Sabin, and Indian Captive by Lois Lenski are praised for authentic settings and engaging plots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Leigh Hunt
John
Pudding Lane
Coltilde Embree Funk
New York
Frederick A. Stakes Co
Boston
Mother Goose
Prue Fleet
Thomas Fleet
May Justus
Cabin IN
Kettle Creek
Helen Finger
Philadelphia
J. B. Lip- Pincott Co
Tennessee
Glory
Matt Allison
Mammy
Grandy
Barney
Matt
Sister Glory
Tnem
Edwin L. Sabin
Lynd Ward
J. B. Lippincott Co
Harry Gringo
Henry Augustus Wise
Los Lenski
Lois Lenski
Frederick A. Stokes Co
Mary Jemison
George Washington's World reviewed as extraordinary reading
A review highlights Genevieve Foster's George Washington's World as an engaging, well-illustrated account of America's birth intertwined with global events from 1932 to 1799. It connects Washington with figures like Boone Adams Franklin Napoleon and others, praising depth and accessibility for young readers. It also summarizes new juvenile books on Australia including Sunny Australia and A Shepherd Boy of Australia, and The Little Igloo set in Eskimo life with igloo building and a lost-dog adventure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevieve Foster
George Washington
New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
Nhot
Daviel Boone
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Frederick the Great
Napoleon
Marie Antoinette
James Watt
Australia
Leila and
Kilroy Harris
Philadelphia
David McKay Co
Captain Cook
England
Sydney
Margaret Sutton
Grossett& Dunlap.Inc
Victoria
Commonwealth of Australia
Billee
Lorraine
Jerrold Beim
Howard Simon
Harcourt, Brace & Co
Tippen
Hidden Wings Mystery and Indigo Treasure Reviews
A review notes a white woman captured by Seneca Indians who chose to stay, framing colonial history for older readers as authentic and engaging. It highlights Alan Greeg's Hidden Wings Mystery with intrigue on a Mexican border pursuit and kidnapping, plus Frances Rogers Indigo Treasure recounting Eliza Lucas Pinckney’s Indigo cultivation, with Lois Lenski illustrations and a focus on plantation life in colonial South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Greeg
Garden City
Doubleday, Doran & Co
Frances Rogers
Lois Lenski
New York
Frederick A. Stokes
South
South America
Top of the Morning offers pleasant verse for children
Mary Jane Carr's TOP OF THE MORNING features simple poems for young readers with gentle illustrations by Henrietta Jones. The verses celebrate everyday delights like mud pies birthday candies baby sister kittens and a playful Scamper Cat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Carr
Henrietta Jones
New York
Thomas ¥. Crowell Co
Aviation From Shop to Sky and Wings Around South America
A review notes Timely and of outstanding interest to older boys. John J Flaherty’s Aviation From Shop to Sky mixes reportage with photos on planes and pilots. Alice Dalgliesh and Katherine Milhouse offer Wings Around South America a vivid child friendly travelogue with six color watercolors and pencil sketches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Flaherty
Philadelphia
J.B. Lippincott Co
Flaherty
Flanerty
Wip
South America
Alice Dalgliesh
Katherine Milhouse
New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
Ana
Unusual New Book About Instruments To Help Children
A new book MUSICAL ABC by Thomas Laufer introduces children to musical instruments from A to Z with illustrations and four line verses to aid memory. A preface by critic Deems Taylor praises its entertainment value and educational value as a child’s first link to instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Fine Photographs Highlight Two Adventure Books for Youths
Two new children's volumes feature vivid photographs and accessible tales. Michael and Anne in the Yosemite Valley, by Virginia and Ansel Adams, follows a brother and sister's day amid iconic sights, illustrated entirely by Adams. Packy Climbs Pike's Peak, by Maud Mattox Keithley, follows Packy the packrat and family on a Summer trip up Pike's Peak with lessons about nature and travel memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Michael
Anne
Yosemite Valley
Virginia
Ansel Adams
New York
the Studio Publications, Inc
Packy
Pike's Peak
Maud Mattox Keithley
Nashville
Abingdon- Cokesbury Press
Packrat
Neatoma
Philip Packrat
Animal stories for youth published in new anthology and animal books
A New York Times style note highlights May Lamberton Becker’s growing up with America, a 300 page anthology with over thirty authors, and a social history of American childhood. Also reviewed are Big Zoo, Baby Animals, Fr anka the Seeing Eye dog tale, Macgregor the little Scottie, and other animal books with vivid photos and child-friendly narratives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Lamberton Becker
America
New York
Frederick A. Stokes
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Walt Whitman
Rosemary and
Stephen Benet
Louis M. Ascott
Helen Fuller Orton
Mabel Leigh Hunt
Mark Twain
Hamlin Carlin
Eugene Field
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Ruth’ Suckow
Stories Of Circus To Interest Small Lads And Lassies
A review of two children's circus themed books. Brownie Of The Circus And Other Stories Of Today collects thirteen tales by noted authors with color illustrations, appealing to young readers with stories set in various lands. Elmer Buys A Circus follows children who plan and save to fund a big show, delivering a readable, wholesome tale for youngsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownie
Wilhemina Harper
Vera Neville
Philadelphia
David McCoy Co
Elmer
Paul T. Gilbert
New York
Grosset & Dunlap, Inc
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Alice Dalgliesh
Eleanor Farjeon
May Justus
Helen Fuller Orton
Sweden
China
Nova Scotia
England
Winkie
Ronnie
Maryanne
Munro Leaf Fun Book Combines Three Classic Volumes
A New York edition presents Munro Leaf’s Fun Book combining Manners Can Be Fun Grammar Can Be Fun and Safety Can Be Fun. It targets children ages four to eight with humorous text and drawings that praise good manners and correct grammar while lampooning bad behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munro Leaf
New York
Frederick A. Stokes Co
Mr. Leaf
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Book Week
Thomas Laufer
ABC
Forward With
Enterprise
Geo. Washington
Big Zoo
Willam Bridges
Desider Holister
New York Zoological Park
Bronx Zoo
Zoo
Mary Cameron
Random House. Soc
Franka
Walter Johnson
Seeing Eye
Morristown
Jane Wilson
Seeing Eye, Inc
Macgregor
Dorothy K. L’hommedieu
Marguerite Kirmse
Mac
David
Zachary Taylor
Jarrett
Stationery Company
N. Wrenn St
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