River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-11-17
CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK
IN THE TRAINING SCHOOL
November 1919

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served all over the country during
this month. It's purpose is to spread
the gospel of good reading. 1t is
books--not just books, but good
| books, and more good books which we
want our children to read and enjoy
and grow on.
"1he Public News" in its October
number, has a passage for the par
ents OF Savannah which ought to at
tract the attention of parents every
where. 1t is as follows:
What Does Your Child Read?
What does your child read? Tor
don't you know?)
Does he read anything he can get,
or does he read the best you can get
for him?
Does he read books which are posit-
lively vicious and harmful? Probably
not, but,
Are you content to have him read
nothing but books which are merely
"won't hurt him any" when there are
hundreds of books which he will like
something to grow on?
You select his clothes very care
fully, so that he may look well.
proper food, so that he may be well.
Are you equally careful to see that
he gets proper reading, so that his
mind may grow well?
You know that not all canned goods
are of equal value. You insist that
your grocer sell you the brand you
want; other brands you would not
have on your table. Then why should
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good" as another?
Many books written for children
(and for grown-ups too) are very
much like canned goods. The writer's
have learned what is the easiest to
produce and to sell. They find
popular brand" and continue to mar
ket it, manufacturing new books as
rapidly as possible.
What does your child read? Tor
don't you know?)
Interesting Articles
Parents will be interested in par
tial list of articles on children's books
in the forth coming and current
magazines.
Children's reading and the fall
books. by Annie Carroll Moore. Book
man, November, 1921. See also edi-
torial.
A hundred books worth reading,
by Haywood Broun, John Farrar and
Annie Carroll Moore. Bookman, De-
cember, 1921.
The charm of vacation reading, by
Francis Jenkins Olcott. Churchman,
July 8, 1921, p. 27-29.
Children's books for the vacation
trunk, by Katherine HI. McAlerney,
Churchman, July 2, 1921, p. ct seq.
What books | read with my chill
dren, by Howard j. Chidley. Congre-
gationalist, November II, 1920, r.
$50.
A book for the child, by Harriet
Eager. Delineator, November, 1921, p.
So.
Dickens, by G. Santayana. Dial,
November. 1921. See also editorial.
Editorial, Farm and Fireside, Nov
ember, 1921.
Children's Book Week, November
1919. Editorial, Good Housekeeping,
November, 1921. Cover of this issue
and of October, 1921 issue by. Jessie
Wilcox Smith-very attractive for
bulletin board or framing.
Happy is the child that is fed on
books. Editorial, Good Housekeeping,
December, 1920, p. SO, 141-142. 9aa
The child and the book. House
Beautiful, November, 1920.
Children's Books, by Alice Hazel
tine. Ladies' Home Journal, Sept,
1920.
The new boy and the old book. Lit
erary Digest, December rs, 1920, p.
30-31.
Boys and girls and their books. st.
Nicholas, November, 1921.
The seasons books for children, by
Marion Cutter. Survey, October Is,
1921.
Public Libraries, Nov, 1920
The children of the fifth and sixth
grades of the Training School are
reading the following books this
week.
Indian Scout Talks Eastman
Charles Dawson
The Wizard of Or l.. Frank Baum
Dagmar Peterson
The Story of Glass
Sarah Ware Bassett
Carlton Campbell
Peggy Laura e. Richards
Thurley Osborn
The Training of Wild Animals
Frank c. Bastoci;
Ryan Laue
The Sandman William Hopkins
Elizabeth Wright
Adopting of a-Marie Rankin
Stella Healey
When Mother Lets Us Make Gifts
Mary B. Grubb
Florence Currier
Bud and Bamboo John S. Thompson
Adele Deans
The Story of My Life Helen Kell r
Viola Hanson
Little Saint Elizabeth
Francis Hodgson Burnett
Helen BragStad