Evening star., 1960-12-11
Give the
Youngsters
Books
Assoslated Press Newsieatures

There are books for all
the family, but none will be
more appreciated at Christ
mas than books given to
youngsters who are just be-
ginning to read.
Look, ma" becomes a IA
miliar phrase as Junior or
Sis point with pride to words
they recognize in their new
books. A mother with fore
sight will purchase these be-
ginner readers for her six or
seven year old. The small fry
may need help with some
words, but once they begin to
know the joys of reading, a
new world will have opened
to them.
Green Eggs and Ham by
DR.. Seuss (Random House,.
author Of the hilarious Cat
in the Hat" books (still won-
derfuD, is another adventur-
Gus tale for those learning to
read Instead Of the 200
words Seuss has been playing
with in his beginner readers,
this new adventure uses only
so different words. The story
is about Sam-I-Am and q
shaggy friend on whom he
tries to foist green eggs and
ham.
Air Around Us (Grosset
and Dunlap tells the story
Of wind, hurricanes. light
ming. thunder, snow. rain
and helps to answer the
small child's questions in the
same easy-to-read formula
that marks other books in
the series that includes
stories Of insects. reptiles.
birds, time, sounds, airport,
rocks and minerals, dinosaurs.
My Hopping Bunny by
Robert Bright Doubleday Is
the story Of a little boys
purchase of O bunny who
turned out to be very un-
usual. He could hop over the
tallest church steeples. but
then one day he hoped too
high and must be saved by
his young master.
For seven and older: The
how and why" books WON
der Books. These include
the how and why of rocks
and minerals, electricity,
stars. rockets and missiles,
weather.
For eight to IA years:
The Planet We Live On by
Felix Sutton (Grosset and
Dunlap is q fascinating
treasury Of information about
the earth. It describes our
glaciers. minerals, deserts,
caverns, animals. sThere is
an interesting schaptera on
primitive cave men and H.
iustrations Of cave paintings
from the ice age.
Over IL years: Gods and
Heroes adapted by Morris
Schneider (Grosset and Dun
lap) are the stories Of famous
myths and legends Of the
world. A book for q youngster
who'd like to read about King
Arthur and his Knights and
the wonderful legends Of
other lands. The colorful
myths Of Greece and Rome
are included.
Greek Gods and Heroes by
Robert Graves doubleday
recounts the rise and fall Of
the Olympians, and tells
stories OF the magnificent
Greek gods in q new nara
tive approach.
The I'VE Were There"
series continues. (Grosset
and Dunlap. New books in
clude ION the Santa Fe
TRAIL" by Ross McLaury
Taylor and "At the Opening
Of the Atomic Erap by James
Munves. The books are fic-
ton based on actual hap
penings. factually accurate.
Big Game Hunter by Felix
Sutton (Messner) Is the story
OF Carl Akeley, one Of Amer
ica's foremost big game hunt
ers who did it all in the In;
terest Of science. Sutton tells
Akeley's adventures in vivid
fashion that should have real
boy-appeal.
Another Biff Brewster mys-
terry adventure Is brazilian
Gold Mine Mystery" and the
perennial favorite Tom Swift
pops UP again in tom Swift
and his Spectromarine Sc
lector."
Books Of special interest to
girls are new editions Of the
Bobbsey Twins. q new guide
to good looks for young girls.
Put Your Best Look For
ward" by Glynne Hitler
Doubleday and "Your Own
Room. an interior decorat-
ing guide for girls by Mary
Furlong Moore (Grosset and
Dunlap)