Evening star., 1923-11-11
Children'S Book Week.
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THE STORY OF MRS. TUnBs. By
| Hugh Loftings illustrations by
! the author. New York: Frederick
A. Stokes.
Mr.. Lofaing made up this story ou,
of his own head. Then he =tried i,
. on his children. He has done this
many times before, And when the
children say and think story is just
about the thing, then their father
dren. Mrs. Tubbs was in great trou-
bic. And not anywhere among hu-
man folks could she get any helm at
ala Now Mrs. Tubbs had a, pig left
End a dog and duck--Pink and Punk
! ana ponk' Mhen they saw che fix
that their mistress was in-what do
you think they did? Why, turned to
! and helped her. to be sure. Pork the
! duck, could catch fish, of courses Pink
, sne pig: could nose truffies out Of the
not once in a while to carry sticks for
! a fre? Not so bad, after ALL was it?
quite as good friends as Mrs. Tubbs
. needed, or any one else for that. mat
ter. Mr.. Hugh LoftinE can tell a
good story and can make a beautiful
little book Of it. pictures and all.
THE GRATEFUL FAIRY. By T. l..
SapDington. author of THE Socia-
BILE Sand Witch" etc. Illustrated
by Howard L; Hastings. New
York, Barse & Hopkins. ss
/ like this Sappington persona He
can make fairy story out of any
thing, good one, too. You might be
! sitting with your grandfather hasing
ia chocolate soda, maybe. and a fairy
would spring right ur in front of
you and begin his fairy business like
flash. Sappington doesn't always
dress his fairies up in #pansles. put
! one doesn't mind that Di.. JUST to
! show you how easy it is to .intE a
| fairy without going back to "oace
upon a time'-Johnny Jones liked. to
chase graSShoprerS. One day :he
| flung his cap over one that was gst-
ting away at a great rate. An1--sio
you know-there was fairy on the
back of that srasshopper beinS ear
ried away-soodness knows wheIa
Grateful? You'd never guess how
| about it here. You viii be astot: :
ished ana delighted to find -.,S
fairies cant do enough for you. G.l,=e
YOU have done some little thing fer
| them. You'll surely like this story.
THE TALE OF THE ENCHANTED
. Bt tNNlES. BY Ruth Sawyer. New
York: Harper & Bros.
They say that sand bunnics arg
right at home in Boston. just as WOO:
TEDDY bears are in Washington. and
tneE say. too. that these bunnies are
ABOUT the beSt company that any child
can have. The real ones are too
! friendly as our own folks and cum
nlr:g no end. The queer little things
they 40 Keep US open-eyed and -. fl
Ioo'"d not 70 lose. a bit of their soft
and kindly fun. Worth knowing a
lot more about. bunnies are. And
mere is a book--a nice, thin. Hat hook
just made to lie on the lap, with pic
lures, too. and everything--anu il is
ABOUT all the buEnieS in the world
II appears that they do no ali live
IN BoSton-even the sand ones So
ituth Sawyer-a wondrous know
lady about these friends ot ours has
iound out no end of new AMI excit-
ing things about them. Th-sa things
are all in this beautiful book. which
simply dances with the fur. OF ,nrsc
t:entle furry friends
WHIsTLING ROCK. BY Edna A.
Brown, author of The Silver
Bear, etc. illustrations by An
toinette lnglis Boston: Lothrop
Lee q Shepard Co.
This story is for you little Young
woman, seven years old or thereabout
IL VIII bear you away over to Whist
ling Rock Island where YOU can play
on the beach all day, or go over to the
lighthouse, or do any number of ex-
citing things. You viii find a good
playfellow there, Teddy. You two viii
watch the ships come and go as the
fishermen land ana then sail away
again. odd companions on that island.
TOO, some dressed in fur and some in
feathers. some going on four feet and
some on two. Not minute to spare
The summer only about week long.
or so. it seems to you. Your mother
may like this story as well as you are
sure to do.
THE GARDEN OF HAPPINESS. By
Zoe Meyer. Illustrations by Clara
F. Atwood. Boston: Little, Brown
& Co.
\ real garden for happiness Bees
a-humming with their tremendous
busy-ness. butterflies a-sailing. spi-
ders weaving. every sort of green
thing growing, and Towering and
seeding-a big garden with room for
trees, birds building and setting up
shady corners of tangle for great Sc
crets to grow in. And a boy and a
girl to hatch the secrets, and watch
the beautiful things ADDING in the
lovely sunlft place. Not all play. Not
by any manner of means. Play gets
tiresome. 1t needs work to brighten
it up and make it real play again
I'm sure You will have-a joyful time
if you will walk into this garden to
keep company with the boy and girl
already there.
CHARLIE AND HIS PUPPY BINGO.
BY Helen Hill and Violet Maxwell
Pictures by the authors. New
York: The Macmillan Company.
This book belongs to every boy who
has a dog. Nothing sadder than a boy
without dog-except dog without
a boy. We are playing that this is
every boys book. So, if you have not
Already got your dog-get it. Then
you can follow this fine story, as if it
were your own, as it will be. Look at
the smiling picture of Bingo Get that
sort of dog if you can. After that
there will be no dull days for either
of you.
2. S.-"Susanna's Auction belongs
here. 1t has already been talked about
by us. But this is it's place. Don't for
get it little story from the French
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