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Children’s Books This Y ear Stress International F riendship and VocationsLives of famous people, boys and girls who live in other lands, and the importance of vocational training are among the topics stressed in the collection of new books which ilie Children’s Room of the Washington County Library will have on display during the current Children's Book Week, which has as its theme, “Around the World.Sybil Deucher and Opal Wheeler, whose biographies of Mozart and Schubert have been so well liked by young people, have now written the story of a famous painter, Millet Tilled the Soil.” Two books that point to the growing emphasis of music in the life of a child are Madeleine Goss' “Deep Flowing Brook, a biography of the early composer, Johann Sebastian Bach, and “Child’s Book of Famous Com* posers, by Burch.Historical biography is found in “Tom Jefferson, a hoy in Colonial days, written by Helen A. Monsell; “Julia Ann,” the story of Julia Ann Tcvis, a pioneer in the field of education for girls, and “Washington and the Lafayettes, a book for cider boys and girls by Hutchins, which tells the story of George Washington Lafayette, son of the French general- marquis. “The Microbe Hunter, by Eleanor Door-ly, is a life of Pasteur for young people.Interesting not only for the poetic phrases which constitute their titles but also because of their content, are the books dealing with other countries: “The Castle in the Silver Wood. a collection of Scandinavian fairy tales compiled by Ruth Bryan Owen, United States minister to Denmark; The Well O'The World’s End,” Irish fairy tales as compiled by Seuraas Macmanus; White Camels of the Singing Snd, a story of Arabia by Dodds; “Lucio and His Nuong, Lucy H. Crockett’s tale of a boy who lived in the Philippine Islands; “Forest Pool, about Mexico; “Hannah Marie. Richard Bennett’s story of children who lived in Ireland; “Land From the Sea, by Potter, about Holland; “Kongo the Elephant and “Sa-ronga” African stories; “Pot Luck with Lobsters. a story of French Brittany, and “Turgut Lives in Turkey, by Ege.Typically American arc such books as One-String Fiddle, which tells of a boy in the Kentucky mountains; Children of America,” a collection of stories about different sections of ovir own country: “Heroes, Outlaws and Funny Fellows, amusing and incredible tales collected by OliveBeaupre Miller, and “Thimble Summer,” by Enright, current holder of the Newberry prize.Included in the books which offer vocational guidance in entertaining fashion are V'Sue Barton, Rural Nurse,” by Boylston; “White Coats, a tale of boys at medical school; “Wagon to the Store, a book on Farming; Bright Heritage, which tells of a librarian's life; Medical Occupations for Girls, Klinefelter; “Vocations for Girls, Lingenfelter; “She Shall Have Music, Barae; “Other People’s Houses, Blanco; “No Vacancies, Mallette.In keeping with the modern tendency to make children's books as charming as possible, all of these new volumes are beautifully illustrated. Munro Leaf has done the art work on his latest book, “Fair-Play, as has Ludwig Bemelmans, author of “Madeline, the story of the twelve little girls which had some of its drawings reproduced in Life magazine recently. “Kanguk” the story of a hoy of Bering Strait, as Lold to William Albce, is interesting because of its Eskimo illustrations done by Kanguk himself.
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The Daily Mail
Hagerstown, Maryland, US
Mon, Nov 13, 1939
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