The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-19
NeuU Books At The Library

New Books For Young People Children's Room SllAs Bronson
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 STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS Tho Bakers Big BoOk%-by Margaret and Mary Baker.
 An omnibus volume including the Lost Merbaby, the LAprechaun, the Dog, the Princess and the BeggaI Maid and others, Illustrated with delightful silouettes.
 BOmba-by James Bodnero.
 Story for young readers all about 6 mischievous little Mexican Burro Captured by first one, then another Homba was forced to do c great deal of work before escaping to the United States and becoming the pet of two small children.
 Boys of BabylOn-by Frances Kent Gere.
 A good adventure story with Q background of the days of Babylons supremacy. The story itself deals with the trade routes to Assryia and Egypt. It ties in well with school study of early methods of trade and i travel. ... Phoebe Belle-hy Irmengarde Eberle
 Story of @ hen whose feelings were hurt and who went adventur- ing, and of how she met Q tramp who brought her home again (and found himself e job.) Fritz Eichen- berg has done some nice pictures. The We'll of the Star-by Elizabeth Goudge.
 The story of a little boys search for the star and how he found 1t in the well.
 The Children's Garden-by Helen Hill and Vilot Maxwell.
 Vence, an old town In Southern France, near the Mediterranean and @ year of the war. A nursery school for seventeen children whose fathers were in the service. It should be an ideal way to make children of this country sense the problems children overseas are facing.
 How They Followed the Golden Trail--by Joseph walker McSpadden
 Stories of Mans adventures in quest of gold. ,.. Icebllnk--by Rutherford Montgomery
 The Barrows, 6 bleak district near the Arctic Circle, and e period of famine, is the background for the story of youth who Is put out on his own to prve his manhood. A vig- orous and convincing picture of the far north with plenty of incident. Victoria Clicks-by Helen Diehl Olds
 A vocational story of girls inc terest in photography-of how she got the job and how she handled all complications which arose when left to carry on the business alone. A Gift For Ibn Diab-By Margaret Isobel Ross.
 The eventful journey of young Doug Baln and his cousin to Arabia to deliver Q valuable pair of bluette pigeons to the formers father. Pic lures by Flora Nash De Nurth. TOuchdOwn-By Adelaide o. Powell.
 The comeback of an enbittered fotball hero, who is morbidly self conscious and withdrawn from the world. He has his setbackS but comes through in triumph.
 LOnnle's Landlng-By Charlie May Simon.
 Pioneer story with the Tennessee wilderness for Q setting. Of how two families decided they would take pu their rights and lay the beginnings of town. Good pictures of the wilderness life, of the friendly In- dians and the wild creatures. Here We Are-By Ernestine Taggard A good introduction to the out- standing writers today. Katherine Brush. Sinclair Lewis, MarJori Rawl- ing, stephen Benet, and others of equal merit. Here are as good sto- ries as the writers have done. The biographical notes are well done running commentary on Inoder ht- erattlre.
 Lords and Gentlemen - By Louise Hall Tharp.
 Excitement and danger were the lot of the small boy who set forth with an English company to settle the eastern shores of Connecticut. Tory Hole-By Louise Hail Tharp.
 Tn the days when fathers were fighting in Washington's army, young boys had to carry the respon- slbilities Of the family. This Is the story of two of those boys and how they circumvented the Tories, told with humor and gusto.
 Left Till Called Fer -- By Mary Treadgold.
 Topical le--lively and good reading in Q story of an Anglo. French island in the English Cham fel, and of two children who helped block the NazlS after itS occupation. The ChippendsIe Dam - By Hugh Troy.
 Nonsense tale about pet beavers who chewed up the priceless Chip- psndale, of how they made Q dam When the fouSe was flooded, and of how the fashicn os Chiupendale