THE book has been adjudged one of the best children's plays written in recent years. It was one of a number of plays chosen by Montrose Moses in his collection of children's plays published in *Ring up the Curtain*. Many teachers are finding it most adaptable to their needs for school presentation. It has already been produced in many cities throughout the country, including a very successful production in Hollywood, California, where the cast included many celebrated movie children.

Music has been composed by Charles Arthur Ridgway for the entire play which is published in a separate volume and can be purchased for one dollar per copy from the publisher. The music, however, is not necessary for a successful performance of the play, but adds to its charm where musical instruments are available. No synopsis or outline of the play is given other than this announcement.

The book is illustrated by the internationally-known children's artist Arthur Rackham, whose delightful pictures have made so many children happy. The poems are by the celebrated writer, Witter Bynner.

The book is of a good quality of paper, size 7¼x9½ inches, attractively cloth bound.

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Imagina

BY

JULIA ELLSWORTH FORD

ILLUSTRATED BY

LAUREN FORD AND

V. ULIANOFF

ess-brooding in a young, sensitive Boy
now this ideal keeps nurturing his sensi-
uses his peculiar environment and turns
last becomes a real person, such are the
with a charm all its own, for it baffles

the housekeeper, and the story will leave
understand it. Others will be like Timothy,
sense of humor, and they will chuckle
like the Boy himself and his far-away mys-
l go straight to the heart—and these will
the world.

teachers and lovers of children is the
Ford Foundation for better juvenile litera-
tural Contest and awards fifteen-hundred
tests are nationally known specialists in

, a distinguished philanthropist and au-

ing ground for many famous artists and

greater freedom of expression in writing
with a real literature that does not talk

Dr. Hardin Craig, Stanford University.
Chancellor John Bowman, University of Pittsburgh.
Percy MacKaye, poet and dramatist.

THE pictures in this portfolio are true color reproductions from IMAGINA and SNICKERTY NICK and are presented with the compliments of SUTTONHOUSE, LTD., publishers of these books. It is hoped they may be useful for school, library and home.

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“Imagination is the life and
the light of the mind.”

DR. EDWIN D. STARBUCK

Who is IMAGINA?

Imagina is
an IDEAL!

An ideal of grace, fancy and sweetness-brooding in a young, sensitive Boy whose early years are lonely ones. How this ideal keeps nurturing his sensibilities and warming his heart, how he uses his peculiar environment and turns it to advantage-and how Imagina at last becomes a real person, such are the elements of this little classic, replete with a charm all its own, for it baffles classification.

Some people will be like Dame, the housekeeper, and the story will leave them cold because they will not understand it. Others will be like Timothy, the gardener, endowed with a quiet sense of humor, and they will chuckle over many pages. But there are those, like the Boy himself and his far-away mysterious mother, to whom the book will go straight to the heart-and these will know that they have another friend in the world.

Of interest to all librarians, school teachers and lovers of children is the establishment of the Julia Ellsworth Ford Foundation for better juvenile literature in this country. It holds an Annual Contest and awards fifteen-hundred dollars or more. The judges of the contests are nationally known specialists in the field of child literature.*

The specific ambition of the Founder, a distinguished philanthropist and author whose home has ever been a meeting ground for many famous artists and writers, is to promote imagination and greater freedom of expression in writing for the young and thus enrich the world with a real literature that does not talk down but with children.

*In 1935 the judges were:
Dr. Edwin D. Starbuck, University of Southern California.
Dr. Edwin Ford Piper, University of Iowa.

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"Imagination is the life and the light of the mind."

DR. EDWIN D. STARBUCK

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"Look, Kit! I see something moving down there. I think I see mermaids."

From IMAGINA, Julia Ellsworth Ford.

**Imagina** This exquisite and tender tale of a boy in his wistful dreaming suggests the inner world of fancy that lives in every sensitive, imagina-tive child. The plot, with its delicate flavor of mystery, will delight children and adults alike, while the latter will deepen their understanding of this highly responsive type and his needs. Julia Ellsworth Ford has poured her subtle intuitive heart into every page. After reading the manuscript, Percy MacKaye, the well-known poet and dramatist, wrote to the author, "This will be a little classic of its kind. Here are permanent characters in the literature of childhood."

The graceful fantasy of the color illustrations of V. Lianoff and the unique and appealing simplicity of Lauren Ford's drawings lend added magic and charm to the story. Bound in rich blue cloth, 192 pages, 7½x10¼. Price, $2.50.

**Snickerty Nick** A PLAY BY JULIA ELLSWORTH FORD
Adjudged one of the best written plays for children in recent years by the Educational Dramatic League of New York City, and having already been found most adaptable to their needs by fifty schools, SNICKERTY NICK is composed of two acts—one is Winter, one is Spring—portraying the original character of a Boy and his little friends overcoming by their simple childlike faith and love the cold stubbornness of a lonely Giant.

There are sketches by the internationally famous artist, Arthur Rackham, verses by Witter Bynner, and sixteen tuneful numbers by Charles A. Ridgway. Attractively presented in one volume, durable cloth, size 7¼x9½. $1.50

The play comes in a handsome album of ten double-face records produced by a Hollywood cast.
Price, $5.00

Aren't big people funny

That they don't want to play?

And some of 'em don't like ice cream—

I couldn't be that way.

They just sit and talk and talk—

O' course their hands are clean.

But they make us wash ours all the time.

I couldn't be that mean.

WITTER BYNNER.