Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-15
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Drums, a-dubbing flutes curling, banners
flying
Story books and picture books, songs and
games, rhymes and riddles An odd book in
that special company is calendar. Strutting
lust bit, certainly, well pleased with him.
self Let me tell you how he came to be there.
You remember Christopher Robin and his
friends, Pooh Bear. Piglet, Rabbit, Eeyore owl
and the rest. Certainly you do. They were
talking They were always talking. Piglet
said, Pooh, how do folks, when they get
up in the morning know whether it is Monday
or Friday Orwell, whether it is today or to-
morrow, last week or next, this month or the
one before?" BY the calendar" grunted Pooh.
Then, inspired-Pooh was always getting that
way-Pooh said Come over to my house
tonight, all of you and Wen make calendar,
such never was" So that night Christopher
Robin with the others went down to the House
at Pooh Corner" Pooh met them at the door.
Then he called meeting. 1t looked like
serious business. 1t was. But, after four or
five Resolved that's" they got right down to
work Ready for them were II white, creamy
white cardboards, all the same size. Upon
each the days and weeks of a single month
were to be set down by name and in proper
order. Like January you know, and SO on.
There too they made place for the new moon,
growing; for the old moon, waning. You have
to pay attention to the MOON" Pooh said, "for
there are lots of things you can't do, or can,
when the moon is either one thing the
other" Sounded queer, but Pooh must know
Finally, little pictures played around the bor-
derS of each leaflet. rhymes jingling and caper-
ing beside them. Then the sheets piled
and punched at the top for cord of yellow
silk, tasseled, to hold them together and make
them even prettier than they we're without it,
''This is calendar announced Pooh proudly.
cit is Pooh Calendar" amended Eeyore Pooh
hoped that his growl at that sounded gruff
though he feared it was the gurgle of delight
that rumbling all through him the
name of the booklet they had made.
What shall do with our new calendar"
asked Christopher Robin Send it to Mr. John
Macrae!" Without bit of hesitation they all
spoke out together. And that was done Then,
Mr. Macrae, I'm thinking, turned it over to Mr.
e. P. Dutton House which, quite proudly, you
may be sure, sent it off to take part in the big
parade of Book Shop Row, where music played
and the books marched happily, up and down.
Maybe would better hurry, just little,
TO secure Pooh Calendar before they are quite
gone. Come on Let's run.
ANGNON: A Lad of Palestine BY Marian King,
author Of "Kees" etc. Illustrations by
Elizabeth Enright. Boston: Houghton Mifhn
Company
I lust boy, by himself doesn't seem to get far.
~ He simply must have q pal partner Else
fun lags and every sort of boy business slows
down, or stops, Of its own drag. AS rule,
boys running mate is a dog. That immemor1al
and adorable dog
plan. Not for the sake Of change but because
a difference Is the heart Of the story itself
Here, twice, are lads with novel friends from
the animal tribes. You have not forgotten how
"Kees" the Dutch boy chose q duck from the
water streets Of Holland for his bosom friend
the partner of his little boyhood. And KEGS
made no mistake, as the tale itself clearly
proves.
This time the boy is Anlnon. His home Pal
estine. His heart mate q goat. Again the
Is
flaw. Quite IN the fashion Of every boy the
world over and his playmate, these two carry
on in the endless inventions and adventures
that appear to spring up along the hours of
every day. Just vivid story of a little boy
of the East and his friend, Aleez the goat. If
this were all. the story would be OF an ad-
mirable felicity in its intimate seizure of chill
drens ways of feeling and doing and thinking.
But this is by no means AL"
Marian King a Washington writer Of books
for young children, has uncommon distinction
in another direction than that of telling bright
stories for boys and girls to read. Twice at
least now, she has selected lads with back
grounds remote and strange to American pead-
ers. Holland for one story Palestine for the
other 1t is clear as day that much study went
into the work Of true settings. Study to verify,
to retain this and reject that Then, around
each adventure or incident, the right pictures
gather Pictures of the land, its hills and
plains sunrise and sunset. OF habit and Gus
tom, too. These must be right. Right in the
daily routine Of work and its ritual, of religion
and its ceremonials These must stand in the
story as they do in fact. Very useful, you see,
to all who read these tales Of boys and their
buddies from the animal tribes In this re-
spect, Marian Kings work is Of scholarly
worth, rejecting much of credit to the artistic
sincerity Of this writer. First Of all, remember,
here are admirable tales of adventure for the
lads of the world, each with his own beloved
mate-dog, duck, goat other chosen whatnot
Of animal creation.
THE STORY OF PRINCESS ELIZABETH
Told with the sanction of her parents by