The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-11
Your
Children

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This Il che first Of three ere
tlcles discussing Juvenile veeAs
ing matter In connection With
ChiIdren's Book Week.
Tho theme for ChildrenS 4ooA
Week, Books TO Grow On - The
Modern World for Young Readers"
does not mean that the dear Old
standbys that Mother and Daddy
used to love need be neglected: yet
II calls attention TO the feet that
modern books by brilliant ana sym.
pathetic authors, both fiction and
ilon.flction, should play o big part
In every child's library.
Don't let this word, 'library,"
frlghten you. Even one book can
constitute q library. Mother
Goose alone contains the wisdom
Of the ages.
But, II the child Il reasonably
careful, soon he has quite Q little
family Of books. What they are,
depends largely on the judgment
of mothers and relatives. 30 !
think that q good rule TO follow
in buying is to vary selections.
For every old favorite, classic II
you like, that rings familiar, add
one OF the modern books.
What II you don't know the au-
thor or recognize the manner Look
II over and say 10 yourself, This
Ia different. II seems TO be lively
and alert" or ct least try 10 see
II through the child's eyes rather
than your own, and say, How he
will enjoy thisp
Nudglng Memory
Before I 90 Into the matter Of
the newest books, I am here glv-
Ing memory q nudge. You and !
can easily forget the names Of
some that are not 30 far past.
Perhaps II was Mines "Chris.
topher Robin" you could not think
Of. or Kiplhags "Jungle Book. or
"Just 30 Stories" Maybe Joel
Chandler Harris's Nights with I'm.
Gle Remus." It couldn't DO Lewis
CAROLS "Alice In Wonderland" be.
cause nobody ever forgets that.
Let me 40 on and mention Just
" tSW HiOEVs WIN ut WtV WahVWo
by Kenneth 0rahamc (Scribners)s
u. Nesbit BANDS give Children"
tfamiliars In collective forni) (Cow-
ard-McCann); Little Lame Prince"
by Craik (Harper). and the Lucy
Fitch Perkins Irwin Books (Hough-
ton Mifflin). am, OF course, not
going too far into the deep past,
because some OF these mentioned
are not so old, as said. But MOS
ther was o girl only very few
years ago, you see, and Daddy
lanky boy.
Memorable Volumes
The list OF these treasures 10 end
less, 30 I am almost tempted TO
give up this "Reminiscences. There
IRE, for tho bit older child, Mark
Twains "Huckleberry Finn" and
TON Sewyer'; and the ageless ones
OF Stevenson, from his "Childs
Garden OF Verses" TO Treasure Is
land" and kidnapped" There are
the king Arthur" stories arranged
for both younger and older chill
dren of oil ages. Choose the sifnp-
Ter ones for the young child. The
Doctor Doolittle" stories, and
Heidi, and "fians Brinker." There
they oil are, ready TO shake hands.
Books on hobbies, history. sell
ence, biography and natural history
Some old IA lot new. Do 20 to
the shops ana browse around. IT..
will do you good whether you buy
or not. But, please don't carry q
prejudice with you against any
thing new or that you've never
heard OF before. Don't say TO your.
self, for instancve, " won't buy
anything but Louisa Alcott for Bet
~" Alcott by all means. Girls love
her. But keep Ill open place on the
shelf for perhaps q newer Alcott
who knows girls and their problems
Oh they are today; and whose books
your girl may be buying someday
for her own youngsters.
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