Evening star., 1933-07-09
PUBLIC LIBRARY
VACATION READING FOR BOYS
AND GIRLS.

~ good bOOk. On rainy Gays,
"A after q good game, when 1t
1 \ Is very hot. good book can
provide cool. quiet recreation
that has all the elements Of adventure
without the dangers. The children's
department Of the Public Library sug-
gests the following list Of recent books
for boys and girls.
Picture Books.
Perez and Martina, by Pura Belpre.
The hand Of a pretty Spanish cock
roach is won by Perez the mouse.
Ola. by Ingri and e. P. D'Aulaire.
Ola goes fishing by the light Of
the midnight sun.
Angus and the Cat, by Marjorie Flack.
Vigorous pictures tell the story Of
Scottie's adventure. There is an earlier
book, Angus and the Ducks.
Little Pear, by E. F. baltimore.
A little boy in China.
The Pirate Twins. by William Nicholson.
The picture story Of two little black
boys who ran away from Mary who
found them on the beach.
Auntie, by Maud and Miska Petersham.
Celia Jane lived with Auntie back in
the 1905; and 1..iki, Celia James little
boy, still finds Auntie good companion.
"Pappy King" by Annie-Vaughan
Weaver.
"Pappy King" was an old gardner in
Selma, Ala, who told stories about
animals to the children. Other picture
books by Miss Weaver are "Ffawg" and
"Boochy's Wings"
Young RsaderA
James Island, by M. H. Alice.
Fun and science combine to make en-
joyable q Summer vacation at Woods
Hole.
Waterless Mountain by L. A. Armer.
Younger brother feels a call to the
vocation Of medicine man among the
Navahos.
Sens Of the Volsungs, by D. g. Hosford.
A retelling of "sigurd the Volsung,"
by William Morris.
Peter Duck, by Arthur Ransome.
The wild Cat" accepts the challenge
Of BLACK Jake" and leaves home waters
to race across the ocean in search Of
pirate treasure.
Swallowdale, by Arthur Ransome.
A sequel to Swallows and Amazons,"
laid in the north Of England country
where mountains and sea come together.
Unicorn with Silver Shoes, by Ella
Young.
Ballors son is taken into training by
the fairy world.
Older Boys and Girls.
Young America Looks at Russia, by
Judy Acheson.
A girl in her teens learns to know
the Sov1etS OF Southern Russia.
Java HoI by ]. w. Fabricius.
Plenty Of humor and rough by-play
enliven the story Of Dutch boys jour-
ney to Sumatra where the shipwrecked
lads make their way overland to ind
the waterway to Java.
Hepatica Hawks, by Rachael Field.
When her great opportunity came
Hepatica heard herself singing Listen
sung it for T. T. hundreds of times dur
ing the performances Of Joshua Pol
locks Troupe.
The Romantic Rebel, by Hildegarde
Hawthorne.
The story Of Nathaniel Hawthorne's
life told for older boys and girls by
his granddaughter.
Digging in Yucatan, by A. A. Morris.
Tho romance of discovering Amer
ica's older civilizations.
Mutiny on the Bounty, by o. B. Nord-
ho6 and J. N. Hall.
Adventure, shipwreck and romance
are experienced by. Roger Byam In the
terrible journey to Tahiti. His story in
this mastery retelling may become q
classic of the rank of Treasure Island"
Back of Time, by M. !. Ross.
Tony discovers the interiors Of both
the Australian continent and his faith
er's heart on the same expedition.
South Of Zero. by M. L Ross.
Antarctic adventure with more than
one hero, not the least Of whom Is
Bombay, . sledge dog.
No Surrender, by E. q. sterne.
A Southern boy works to save the
family home after Lees surrender.