National Children’s Book Week Reviews for 13 Books
Pupils in Mrs. H M Blankenship’s fifth grade at Northwood School review 13 children’s books for National Children’s Book Week. Readings include Little Pear by Eleanor Frances Lattimore about a Chinese boy and his misadventures with green peaches leading to a stomach ache. Adopted Jane by Helen Fern Daringer follows Jane an orphan girl feeling unwanted yet kind and brave.
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H. M. Blankenship
Northwood School
Little Pear
Eleanor Frances Lattimore
Dagu
Eryu
Big Head
Little
Ann Crowder
Jane
Helen Fern Daringer
The Book of Riddles by Bennett Cerf
A reader praises The Book of Riddles by Bennett Cerf as a fun, entertaining collection. The riddles and cartoon pictures brighten a dreary day and offer engaging light reading. Richard Hartley contributes a brief endorsement.
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Riddles
Bennett Cerf
Igne
Homer Price book excerpt amusements mischief in town
A reader describes Homer Price by Robert McCloskey with a playful scene in a cafe where a woman helps fix a machine but hides a bracelet inside a doughnut. The note teases readers to enjoy the book and its lighthearted adventures.
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Homer Price
Robert McCloske
Homer
Centerbury
Caren Threshie
John Billington and the Mayflower Journey
A simplified account of John Billington aboard the Mayflower. The voyage meets an island scouting party, then settlers build homes. An Indian visits and teaches farming and games to men and children. The Pilgrims share a feast after obtaining corn and wild game.
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John Billington
Books that float the reader with laughter and romance
Rachel Leroy from Union Hill Third Grade writes about how books make her feel light and free. She asks if you have borrowed a book from the High Point library and expresses interest in getting one.
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High Point Library
Rachel Leroy
Union Hill School
Indian Runaway Soldier Faces Hunger and Night in Tree
A boy named John runs away seeking to be an Indian and endures hunger and sleep in a tree. He is found by two Indians who bring him back to their village and fears execution. An implied critique invites readers to finish the book.
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John
Tommy Adkins
Gems and Geronimo: notes on jewels and a boy's tale
A fragmentary piece discusses diamonds from ancient to modern times, noting famous gems and synthetic ones. It then shifts to a rough summary of Ralph Moody's Geronimo, describing prairie dog hunts, a mountain lion encounter, tribal councils, and the boy's entry into scouts amid cautious warfare play.
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Geronimo
Ralph Moody
Tom Jefferson by Helen Albee Mansell
A reader praises a biography of Thomas Jefferson noting his status after Edison as a great inventor. The essay mentions Monticello Virginia and Jefferson’s boyhood, the Declaration of Independence and the Monticello home built on a "little mountain."
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Tom Jefferson
Helen Albee Mansell
Edison
Jefferson
Monticello
Virginia
Little Mountain
David Brown
The Family Under the Bridge
A poor family lives under a bridge when a tramp named Hobo visits and stays with them. He later takes the family to the city, changing their circumstances and presenting a path to new possibilities. The tale centers on hardship, shelter, and a stranger's impact on their life.
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Natalia Savage Carson
Hobo
The Sinking of the Bismarck and Two Book Notes
A summarized page notes Quentin Reynolds on the Bismarck’s sinking in 1941 and its career brief, plus two youth book blurbs for Little Witch and a gift-wrapped author note.
Admiral Richard E. Byrd profile and Antarctic memoir note
Alfred Steinberg profiles Admiral Richard E. Byrd and discusses his 1955 Antarctica ascent near Little America. The excerpt hints at Byrd's explorations and the book's account of his discoveries and methods.
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Admiral Richard E. Byrd
Alfred Steinberg
Richard Byrd
Antarctica
America
Byrd
Richard E. Byrd
Ipcress File Debuts in American Market
Len Deighton delivers a brisk espionage tale featuring a nameless hero in a British spy unit. The plot travels from Beirut to a Pacific nuclear test site as he is framed a traitor, with double and triple switches driving the tense, wry narration.
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Ipcress
Len Deighton
Simon & Schuster
Beirut
Reds
Pacific
Deighton
Dobie Sees Progress, Talks Independence in Texas Life
The piece profiles J Frank Dobie at 75, famed Texan writer and educator. It portrays his distrust of modern tracks and machines, love for nature, and stubborn independence as a maverick who critiques establishment figures and champions intellectual freedom. It notes his long career, past clashes, and planned release of Cow People next spring.
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Austin
Tex
J. Frank Dobie
Southwest
Dobie
South
Texas
Paradise
Garden of Eden
New York
Walter Prescott Webb
Dr. Webb
University of Texas
Alamo
Homer P. Rainey
Jack Keever
High Point Public Library Bookmobile Schedule Week Nov 11 15
The High Point Public Library outlines bookmobile stops for Monday through Friday. Locations include College Village Shopping Center Gatew Emery Road Hillcrest Overbrook Emerywood Kennedy Carr Rotary Westwood Otteray Rotary Rockspring Eaton Brantley W Farriss College Village Shopping Center Wynnewood Rockford Ragan Thissell Worth Clara Cox Franklin Brentwood Lowe Friddle Austin Wesley E Russell Street.
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High Point Public Library
College Vee
Council
Gatew
Emery Road
Hillcrest
Overbrook
Emerywood
Kennedy
Carr
Rotary
Westwood
Otteray
Rockspring Road
Eaton Place
Brantley Circle
W. Farriss
W. Springfield
Dane
Wynnewood
Rockford Road
Ragan
College Village
Brentwood
Lowe
Friddle Street
Austin Street
Wesley Place
E. Russell Street
Central High Orchestra Plans Concert Next Sunday
Central High School Orchestra under Barry Ruth will perform next Sunday at the Northeast School Auditorium at 4 p.m. The program features classical music and the acoustically fine venue. Additional events include Ferndale Junior High wind instrument program on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and a Monday choir session at First Methodist Church led by Grady Miller.
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Central High School
Barry Ruth
Ruth
David Carter
Ferndale Junior High School
Grady Miller
First Methodist Church
N. Main St
Miller
Towiiler
Sally Wyly
High Point
Winston-Salem
Best Sellers List Featuring McCarthy West Michener and More
A literary roundup lists top titles across fiction and nonfic tion including The Group by McCarthy The Shoes of the Fisherman by West Caravans by Michener On Her Majesty's Secret Service Flaming JFK The Man and the Myth Lasky The American Way of Death Milford The Fire Next Time Baldwin My Darling Clementine Fishman Owe Russia 1200 dollars by Hope.
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McCarthy
West Caravans
Michener the Living Reed
Back
HER Majesty’s Secret Service
Lasky
Milford
Baldwin
Darling Clementine
Fishman
Russia
Hope
Israel Years of Challenge Book Review
Joseph L. Benham reviews Israel years after World War II in Ben-Gurion by David Ben-Gurion. The text notes the Jewish state’s birth and the forces shaping its development, including Western and Soviet reactions and the nation’s pioneering struggles.
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Israel
David Ben-Gurion
Holt, Rinehart
David
Jesse
Ben-Gurion
Joseph L. Benham
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