The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-11-13
Riddles Are Attracted By
Book Exhibit Put On BY
Book. House In Chill
dren's Room of Library.
LECTURES ARE SCHEDULED
Library Exhibit Monday and To-day
Exhibit At Guild Hall Nov. IL, Is, and
IA With Lectures For Parents On
Best Books For Children.

elm gonna tell my mother to come
down and look at these books. Believe
me, I know a good book when I see
one asserted little lad who viewed
the children IS book exhibit in the chill
dren 8 room of the library on Monday
afternoon.
The books which are from the Chi
cago Book House supplemented by vol
umes from the library shelves drew the
children like a magnet and Miss Wine
gar was forced to repeat, "Those books
aren t to be touched by the boys and
girls--they are for mothers and fathers
to see" every other minute. The dis
appointed Riddles stood off and look
ed at the treasures and vowed that
they were going to bring mother or
father down to see "what children
should read"
While Miss Mary Alice Hoover Of the
Book House is to have charge Of the
campaign in Kenosha she has not yet
arrived and the book on view at the
library have been put up by the libra
rians under her direction. There will
be many additions to the list at the ex
hibition to be held at Guild Hall on the
18th, 18th and 14th and at this time
there viii be lectures for the parents
on proper reading for the youngsters.
Books for Christmas Gifts.
1t is the hope of those in charge that
the parents will attend one or both Of
the exhibitions and look over the books
with view of giving them as Christ
mas gifts. All books are put out by
responsible companies and are very rea-
sonably priced. While orders will not
be taken at the library the books can
be secured at the bookstores downtown.
There ar aell sorts of books for the old
er boys and girls. There are many at
tractive books of fiction and also sever
al instructive books on subjects which
are always popular The children s Ii
brarian win be only too glad to give
parents any advice which they may
wish.
The books for little tots are especial
" attractive. All the volumes have
cunning pen and ink drawings or full
page colorcd Illustrations. "The Little
Mother Goose" and the four volumes
Of cold Nursery Rhymes" head this
list of books.
List of Books.
Following is list Of the books plac-
cd on view by the Book House: The
Little Mother Goose; Tale Of Johnny
Town Mouse; Tale of Peter Rabbit;
Tale of Black Sambo; Grannie' g Little
Rhyme Book; Mothers Little Rhyme
Book; Auntie s Little Rhyme Book;
Nursic Is Little Rhyme Book: Peter Cot
tontail; Poor Mrs. Quack; Buster Bear;
Bob White; Stores of King Arthur s
Knights; The Mexican Twins; The Els
kline Twins; The Dutch Twins; Stew
enson Child; Garden Of Verse; Gold
Ell Staircase Poems for Children:
Burgess Bird Book; The Children s
Life of the Bee; The Wonderful Adj
ventures of Nils; Further Adventures
Of Nils; Water Babies; Seven Peas in
Pod; Adventures of Robin Hood;
Alice s Adventures in Wonderland and
Through the Looking Glass; Watty and
Co.. The Secret Passage; The Black
Arrow; Kidnapped; Treasure Island;
The Mysterious Island; Martin Hyde
The Dukes Messenger; A Lad Of Kent;
Sara Crewe; A Little Princess; Little
Women; Little Miss I.y-the- Way; Guilt
ver's Travels master Simon g Garden;
Uncle Remus and His Friends; Nights
with Uncle Remus; Santa Claus and
All About Him; Little Songs OF Long
Ago; The Aesop for Children.
Wednesday at two-thirty o'clock
Ghere will be lecture on E'How to
Choose Good Books for Children" by
Chaplin II. Hoskins of the Book House,
Chicago. Miss Mary Alice Hoover will
advise as on "Books to Read Aloud in
the Home" at two-thirty O'Clock
Thursday. The last lecture on Some
Illustrators of Children Books, twill
be delivered by Chaplin H. Hosl1ins at
two-thirty clock Friday. Two original
drawings from Kingsley's Water Ba-
bies, by Jessie Wilcov Smith, will be
exhibited and there will also be a series
of photographs on the making of a
book. There is no charge eitb for
viewing the books or hearing lectures.