The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-10-25
STATE LIBRARY
CO N N ISSION TO
SEND OUT BOOKS
ESQ Travelling Libraries. Con-
tanning As Books Each, Will
Go to Schools

Presentations have been completed
i,y the state library commission lor
the distribution Of $50 travelling
librsrter. containing as books each,
&c schools in ali parts OF the state.
'rhe library also has limited num-
her Ok units available for distribution
Il, adult readers.
Tie majority Of the Libraries, ac-
cording - Miss Lillian Cook. librar-
i'm. are designed to interest children
attending school the first to the
eighth grades, inclusive.
The units arc sent out on apph-
cation from any school which pre-
scnts & request signed by five in
dividuals and some schools have
asked for more than one set. In
communities where the school atten-
dance is large or the interest is par
ticularly keen, as many as three sets
are being asked, Miss Cook said.
How to Get the Books
The practice is for the library
department to send out the books in
the care of a teacher or some other
responsible individual with the
understanding that they will be re-
turned at the end of six months.
. Persons who do not wish to go to
the trouble Of obtaining five signers
to a petition can obtain a package
of books wanted and the type of
people who are to read them should
be made clear, Miss Cook said. The
library department needs to know If
they are to be used by children or
grownups and whether fiction, BIZ
ography or scientific and mechanical
works are preferred. Ordinarily a
package of books sent in answer to
such reucSts contains some OF each.
Community libraries for use by
adults are in heavy demand. Miss
Cook said, and requests already have
been received for most Of the sets
available. In handling these units
the library department follows the
rule of "first come, first served"
she said. A number Of school libra
ries remain on hand, however, and
may be had for the asking.
In addition to the school and COM
munity libraries the department also
offers a travelling library service.
This consists of package of books
sent to person anywhere in the
state with the understanding that
all the books are to be returned
within a reasonable period, designat-
ed by the library department. In this
obtain readable books at small cost,
it is pointed out. Travelling libra
ries may be had upon the application
of five persons in the same manner
that school and community Libraries
are availatln.
Sample List
A sample list of the books in a
school library, arranged for use by
children from the first to the eighth
grade, follows: Clean Peter. Aesop's
Fables, Boys and Girls of Pioneer
Days, Thunder Boy. Mother Goose
Stories, Master Of the Strong
Hearts, Stevenson Reader, Playing
School, Children Of the Wigwam,
Scott Burton in the Blue Ridge,
Poppy Seed Cakes, Indian Nature
Myths, Black-Eyed Susan, Horace
Mann Reader Book One. Cat-tails
and Other Tales, Sandsy Puts it
Over, Wigwam Stories, Little Grey
Goose, Auntie's Little Rhyme Book,
Silverfoot, DR.. Doolittle's Circus,
Heroes Of the Farthest North, Our
Friend the Dog. Little Green Door,
True Bear Stories, Fifty New Poems
for Children, Jungle Beasts and Men.
Canoemates, Stories of Colonial
Children, Pony Tracks, Doctor Tam
O'Shanter, Chick-a decide, Edge Of
Raven Pool. Children and Their
Pets. Our Persian Cousin, Colonial
Plays for the School Room, ORA
matte Reader-book five, Ting-a-ling
Tales, Story of Babette, WEIGH Fairy
Book, Farmtown Tales, Classic Fa-
bles, Little Girl and Boy Land, Me-
vance, Stories Of Morse Heroes and
Birds.