The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-18
CHILDREN, TEACHERS,
PARENTS TO ATTEND
LIBRARY OPEN HOUSE

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Children's Book Week will be OBJ
served by Morrisson-Reeves library
November 20-25 with open house for
children, their parents and teachers
and other special features, it was an
nounced Saturday by Mrs. Ada L.
Bernhbardt, Librarian. who arranged
the program by which the week will
be observed here.
Miss Carrie Scott, of Indianapolis,
viii give an address to parents and
teachers on "Children's Reading Fri
day afternoon at o'clock. Miss Scott,
who is head of the children's depart
ment of the Indianapolis public Ii
brary, is an authority on children's
books.
The purpose of the Children's Book
Week, which has become a national
movement. is to encourage children to
read better books, and to assist in the
buying of good books for the home and
to give as Christmas gifts. The first
observation of this event was Good
Book Week, inaugurated in 1916 by
Franklin K. Matthews. In 1919 it be-
came "Children's Book Week"
Exhibit to Be Displayed.
Parents, teachers and children will
receive special attention at the open
house next week at the library. An
exhibit Of some of the best children
books will be on display in the Chill
dren's room on the third floor which
was recently renovated and was re
Gently said by one visitor to be one of
the finest children's library rooms in
the state.
Information concerning books chill
dren like to read, and concerning au
thors and illustrators of children
books will be given interested parents
and teachers. Five hundred pamph
let's have been printed which contain
the names of children's books which
would make valuable collection fol
any home where Their are children and
one that viii always be good. These
pamphlets will be given to parents
and teachers wishing them. 1t will also
be helpful in selecting children's Chris
mas books. Children will be in the
library after school from o'clock on
Visitors to the children's room who
wish to avoid the crowd at this time
may call earlier in the day, it is an
nounced.
List Of IS Books.
The list of rs books contained in the
pamphlets which Mrs. Bernhard ha;
had printed for distribution next weel
is composed of those selected by bal
lot by librarians and teachers at the
conferences of the American Library
association and the National Educa
ton association.
The books are listed here in the or
der of their popularity with thu
voters.
NGtle Women (AIcott); Alice's AID
ventures in Wonderland and Through
the Looking Glass (CarrolD; Life o
Robinson Crusoe (Defoe); Adventure
of Tom Sawyer (Twain); Treasure
Island (Stevenscn); Boy Life of Alb
raham Lincoln (Nicolay); Jungle Bool
(Kipling); Fairy Tales (Andersen)
Aesop's Fables; Merry Adventures o
Robin Hood (Pyle); ChilG's Garden o
Verses (Steveason); Tales from
Shakespeare Lamb); Arabian Nights
Entertainment; Boys King Arthu
tMalory); Story of Mankind (Val
LOOM; Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
(Wiggin); Home Book of Verse TO
Young Folks (Stevenson) Christina
Carol Dickens; Rip Van Wrinkle ant
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Qrving)
Mother Goose; Hans Brinker (Dodgel
Boys Life of Theodore Roosevelt
tHagadorn); Wonder Book for Girl
and Boys (Hawthorne); Wild Animal
| Have Known tSeton) Heidi (trans
lated by Dole) (SpyrD.
The STORY of Mankind" by Hendri
Van Loon, one of the books liste
above. is the book which won tn
Newberry prize for being the bes
children's book appearing in 1921.