The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-01

Hard Times" which Harper 81
Brothers just have published. Both
author and dog appear very
thoughtful in this portrait"
BY WALTER ID. HICKMAN
WITH the memory of a
w Thanksgiving turkey upper
most in my mind, I recall several
requests from boys and girls who
have their mothers and fathers
read this department to them at
times.
The requests can be summarized
as follows:
Please find some very nice books
for very young boys and girls"
Some days ago l received a pack
age of books for very young read
ers from Albert Whitman q Co,
Chicago. Any one of these four
books would make ideal Christmas
gifts for the very young.
When many of us recall the
crude picture books we had when
youngsters. one has to marvel at
the beauty of the Whitman books.
A successful book for children
must have three characteristics
beautiful Illustrations, the story
must be able to stir the magma
ton of the child reader, and, third,
point directly or indirectly, a sim
pie lesson in right living.
Such a book is Farm Folk" a
picture book of wishes by C. A.
Brendel. 1t sells for SIPS.
TINE beauty of Belgium's pas
Il toral scenery is revealed in
the eleven pictures in color They
are so beautiful, 1 know that every
boy and girl who will own a copy
of Farm Folk" will want some of
the pictures framed. That, how
ever, would ruin part of the text.
The story concerns Albert, A
sturdy little Belgian. who lived
with his mother on a farm. Al
berts mother kept the wolf from
II was Albert's duty to take the
butter to market, some miles away
The butter, wrapped in clean linen
sacks, as placed on the back of
a mule Alberts mule loved to be
stubborn, and that added to the
boys troubles.
AS the donkey and Albert went
to market, the boy saw a shepherd
eating his MONDAY meal as his
dog watched the sheep.
Albert wished he were a shep-
herd with a big dog tending a
flock and the old shepherd wished
that he were a boy again. taking
his mothers butter to market on
the back of a mule.
Albert was envious of the man
blowing in the field with a big,
strong horse. The farmer was en-
vious of Albert.
When Albert arrived home from
market he was very glad to be just
himself, with lovely mother, and
a good dinner waiting.
One can easily see that this book
has the three characteristics which
make it a fine companion for any
little boy and girl.
TOR boys and girls a little older,
Il Castle in Spain" by Caroline
Mabry. with illustrations by Hazel
Frazee. will prove a delight.
The youthful reader goes with
Uncle Pablo and Aunt Emilia as
they take Juan and his sister, Chi
ca. from Granada. Spain. to Sc
vile. Madrid. Segovia, Cadiz, and
other beauty spots.
Uncle Pablo was as young as the
children in his happy response to
each new happening
This book takes the child reader
into marvellous palaces and gardens
where real nobility once played and
day-dreamed. The story of famous
buildings is told in such way
that the imagination of the child
is stimulated to the point that a
desire for more travel books is
created.
This travel book sees everything
through the eyes of children. Santa
Claus bag should be well filled with
this one when he leaves in his air.
plane to visit his boy and girl
friends on Christmas.
THE publisher also has sent me
Il "SkeetS, a Wire Haired Fox
Terrier by Marian King. and Ali
HasSan of Hamadan." in which all
of the illustrations were made in
Pc ia.
5 is the kind of a pet that
has toys and he sleeps in a
large an basket. Children who
love will clamor for a real
Skeets IN their homes. This book
is real Joy as the dog actually
lives in the printed page and goes
playing about in the homes of the
children who own this book.
7 AM informed that DR.. Paul T.
i Hurt. 4151 North Pennsylvania
street. has a copy Of Little Wom-
en- which was published in 1898 by
Little, Brown &, Co. I also under
stand that on the book shelves of
the doctor is one published in 1888
by Roberts Brothers. Boston.