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have two Christmases. Read
aloud or for second and third
graders to read.
WILLIE WADDLE by Kath-
arine Carter. Steck, SITS. A
torrential rain gives Willie a
chance to be of help and cures
his embarrassment over his
big feet.
Fiji by Denise and Alan
Trez. World, S2.95. Adventure
in Paris when a boy and girl
take their pet goldfish for a
walk. The illustrations are al
most cartoon-like but good
and very colorful.
THE CHRISTMAS MOUSE
by Elizabeth Wenning. Holt,
$2.95. A really delightful story
of how Silent Night came to
be played for the first time.
The illustrations are different
but entertaining. To read
aloud or for older children to
read themselves.
THE FIsHERMAN'S DAY
by Miriam Schlein. Whitman,
$500. A fisherman father and
his young son find adventure
together in a storm.
BUTTONS AND HIS SUN.
DAY COAT by Wanda Pear
son. Steck, SITS. This funny
clown has a different coat for
each day but none for Sun
day. Especially designed to be
read by boys and girls who
have finished their first
reader. !,
BRUCE PUBLISHING CON-
PANY has a series of fifty
cent books known as Chris
tan Child's Stories that are
worth investigating. JESUS
TELLS ME by Mary Dick and
SUNDAY BEST by Norah
Smaridge are done in rhyme.
MY MARYBOOK by Sr. Mary
anna, O.P. of st. Mary of the
Springs tells the life of the
"loveliest lady who ever liv-
ed" This title sold 5000 cop
les in its first month of publ
cation. The last in this set is
THE STORY OF SANTA
A by Julian Reiss. 1t
tells the life of Bishop Mich
olas, the real st. Nick.
~tN-RETWEENERS
Uafe 3rd grade to 6fh)
Boys and girls in this group
want their books to be inter-
esting and fast moving and
this means from the first page
on. (Where a grade is indicat-
ed in the review remember
that it is an approximate
grading.
THE TALE OF THE TER.
RIBLE TIGER, by Marion Rem
lex. Scribner, $2.95. Kenny
discovers that there is more
than one way to get into a foot
bali game. Third and fourth
graders will enjoy this story
and its colorful illustrations.
THE GOLDEN TOUCH by
NathaniaI H hawthorne. Nc
Graw-Hill, $3.50. By present
ing the story of King Midas in
an Individual book they have
been able to make use of large,
dramatic illustrations that
make the story come to life. A
beautiful gift book. Ord and
4th)
sERiLpA's STAR by Olive
Cook. Longmans, $2.95. A
warm, pioneer type of family
story in which Serbia is will.
ing to sacrifice vanity for a
sick horse. 18th and 5th)
G WOOD by Files
ton Trevor. Criterion, $500.
Boys and girls who like talk
ing animals and forest life will
enjoy this fantasy. Lots OF
subtle humor. (4th-5th)
S2.95. Really delightful setory
MAGIC NIGHT FOR LILLi-
BET by Gerry Turner. Bobbs-
Merrill, $2.95. A world of
make-believe where stuffed
animals and puppets talk as
Lillibet searches for her
giraffe.
WHERE THE TRAIL d.
VlDES by Lorna Callahan.
McGraw-HilI, $500. A young
French girl and her father
must fight prejudice against
foreigners as we'll as from
tier hardships on the Oregon
Trail.
VICTORY AT BEAR COVE
by Elsa Peterson. Abingdon,
So. Boys who like the out-of-
doors will enjoy this story In
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