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the CHILDREN'S BOOKSHELF
Who are your children’ s friends? Do they know Tigger
and Mr. Popper and that scamp of a boy, Nils? Have
they roller-skated with Lucinda and skied with O lle? Do
they saddle and bridle Smoky and play they are driving the
two-headed Pushmi-Pullyu?
No matter where children live, all these friends can
be right at hand. In city or country, east or west, they
step right out of the pages of the books in which they
were born and become living companions for those lucky
boys and girls whose parents appreciate their need of
good reading.
Giving books to children only on special occasions like
birthdays and Christmas is a relic of the time when chil­
dren’ s books were few. Nowadays we might well buy
good books just as regularly as we do shoes, or anything
else children require. It is hard to think of any other

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things belonging to childhood that are a more all-around
permanently good investment.

Books are pleasure-giving
First of all, books are fun. From the time the 2-yearold takes a "Saturday Walk" with his father until he is
ready to ride "At the Back of the North Wind," there is
endless variety in the enjoyment to be had from books.
Whether a child gets to know Babar first, or Ching, or
Madeline, doesn't matter. He’ ll delight in their adven­
tures over and over again, and he'll never forget them.
And mother and child who have laughed together over Roo
and been anxious with Peter Rabbit and Mrs. Mallard of
"Make Way for Ducklings" in their predicaments, will
always have something in common, something shared that
bobs up time and again as they catch each other's eye
and remember the jolly reading-aloud times.

Good books encourage the love of beauty
There's an extra amount of fun in books nowadays be­
cause of the wide variety of splendid, colorful illustrations.
Who doesn't wish sometimes that he could be a child all
over again and see Clare Newberry's kittens through the
eyes of an 8-year-old? Grown-ups who read Mother
Goose aloud have as much enjoyment as their listeners,
nowadays, when artists like Rojankovsky have put their
new interpretations on the good old jingles. People who
were brought up on Caldecott and Kate Greenaway have a
pretty good idea of how jolly it must be to have a new
Gramatky or Tasha Tudor book come out, or come upon
Sheppard's pictures of Pooh for the first time. And the
d'Aulaires, the Petershams, Daugherty, and Beatrix
Potter--those inspired illustrator-authors—must have been
born to illustrate just those stories they have written.

Books broaden a child’s world
Good books help to widen a child's horizon. They de­
velop his sympathy and understanding and give him infor­
mation on which his growingly thoughtful mind can go to
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work. From being a self-centered baby, he grows to­
ward an understanding of himself as a part of the great
world. He reaches out in wonder, grasping bit by bit at
the fringes of knowledge about a universe in which the
’’Gulf Stream” and ’’Animal Weapons" play a part, as well
as the men who lived in "Prehistoric Am erica" or went
to the court of Kublai Khan like Marco Polo. He learns
of his country’ s pioneers in "These United States" and of
his world of today in "Picture Book of Molecules and
Atoms. ’’ He finds that there are books that explain trains
and trucks and television. He learns that he may some­
time see the unseen by X -ray and perhaps hugs the thought
that someday maybe he will add to the useful knowledge
that men store up by means of the microscope.
If he is a child who likes to dream, he will thrill to
the tales of early man or ancient buried cities and begin
to understand the world he lives in a little better because
he has had a glimpse into the distant days of "George
Washington’ s W orld."
No matter what a child's interests, there is always a
book that seems to have been written just for him or her.
There is a "Pet Book” for the child who is never content
without some living creature to take care of and "Patterns
in the Sky" for the one who is tantalized by what the wink­
ing stars seem to say to him. The lad who lives in a
crowded city must take much of his adventure vicariously;
but books like "Door to the North" and "The Matchlock
Gun, ’’ in which he experiences the thrill of the first ex­
plorers of America, and the dangers of American pioneer
life in his own country, will give him patterns of bravery
as well as adventure.

Books guide a child’s first steps in world citizenship
We must acquaint our children with the peoples whose
problems will be their problems in a common future. We
must show them how like ourselves other peoples are,
how differences in color or religion or food habits are
unimportant as compared with the sameness of the blood—
that identical stuff here or in Asia or the South Seas that
makes people's hearts beat with fear or love or anger.
Children will accept these truths as a matter of course if

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they are brought up on books like the Chinese story of
"Little Pear" or ’In My Mother's H ouse," which the Indian
children near Santa Fe helped to write. "Nino" in Italy
and little "Fujio" in Japan have desires very like those
of children in the United States, although the way they
live may be different. Ten-year-old Teka, 'T he Little
Flute Player" of India, waits as anxiously for his father's
return as ever any American child longed for his father's
homecoming after painful absence.

Reading ability is encouraged by
early acquaintance with boob
An excellent reason for introducing a child early to
good books is that the greater his background experience
with them, the richer the contribution he is able to make to
and receive from school. This doesn't mean that parents
should try to teach their children to read, as this often
interferes with the methods used at school. Reading aloud
to them is far better. So much of a child's education
must come through books that we should use every means
to add to his chances of looking on reading with enjoyment.

*

Many children struggle along through their school years,
tremendously handicapped by their lack of ability to read
with ease and comprehension. The farther they get in
school, the more hopeless it all becomes; for their suc­
cess depends more and more upon their reading rapidly
and grasping what they read. . Their hobbies and interests,
whether music or boat building or electronics, will be fur­
thered or hindered in accordance with whether or not they
cut their eye teeth on books.
There are children for whom it has never become fun
to read. Children to whom enjoyable, attractive, wellchosen books are supplied as food for their minds, just as
good food is provided for their bodies, have an initial ad­
vantage over children whose first acquaintance with books
comes at school. A child who already knows that books
are a delight starts off on the right foot when he begins to
learn to read.
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Careful choice of books is important
Now supplying books for children isn't a matter of buy­
ing just any books that appear in book stores. Of late, such
a flood of books fo r children has poured onto the market
that it is hard to know which books to buy.
It is not a question of price, for very many excellent
books are priced very reasonably. The average parent
will feel safer if he relies on those who spend much time
studying the books that are published and who take great
pains to find out what children actually like. The help of
librarians and of nursery school, kindergarten, and other
teachers is always freely given.

What makes a book good?
The best books are those that have such real quality
that their appeal is very broad. The ideal child's book,
in fact, is a "whole family" book—one that can be read
with pleasure and absorption by grown-ups, too. Walter
Edmonds puts it well, saying that a really good book for
children should have "enough stuff, humor, reality, wis­
dom, excitement to be interesting to an adult mind. " As
proof of this we needn't go further than Kipling’ s "Just So
Stories. " No father or mother ever thinks of it as a chore
to read them aloud I Modern classics that parents enjoy as
much as they did their own childhood favorites are not lack­
ing. Who would m iss knowing that remarkable doll Hitty,
Freddy the Detective, Bartholomew Cubbins, and Flicka?
The physical make-up of a book makes more difference
to children than grown-ups would guess. Even the color
of the cover matters! Blue, red, and yellow—the bright
primary colors—are the very little child's favorites, inside
a book or out. Not until children are older do they appre­
ciate the softly tinted illustrations that appeal so much to
adults. If a child is just beginning to read to himself, it
is especially important that the type in his books be big
and clear and not too different in style from that which he
has been accustomed to in his beginning readers. Books
should be stoutly put together; for although children can
be trained to handle books carefully, anything that is going

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to be used as much as a well-liked book must be sturdy
and durable.

How illustrations add to enjoyment
In illustrations, very little children want plenty of ani­
mals, children, and the other familiar things of their
everyday life. They love many little details—the tiny
pictures on the walls of the houses Leslie Brooke draws
for his animals to live in, smoke coming out of a chimney,
Peter Rabbit’ s little clogs. They want pictures to tell a
story rather than to be fanciful and decorative. They are
not yet ready at this age for the so-called "artistic” and
intricately imaginative pictures that grown-ups like. They
thoroughly enjoy humor in pictures as well as in words.
And they like pictures on every page.
Little children enjoy variety in the size and shape of,
books as well as in their contents. They can be taught
the care books deserve by learning to handle gently their
large, beautiful picture books. They love to own and
carry around very tiny books, too, as the lasting popu­
larity of such a story as "The Little Family" testifies.
To be worth buying, a book should be of more than pass­
ing interest, one the child will enjoy listening to, looking at,
or reading to himself over and over. A story may be very
slight indeed, but its pictures may tell so much that a
child will turn back to them often, always finding fresh
enjoyment. "Johnny Crow's Garden" is a good example.
The story depends mostly on amusing rhymes: "The sheep
went to sleep and the armadillo used him for a pillow ."
The dismay of the unfortunate sheep when the porcupine
tried the same tactics is hilariously funny.
When buying books we must know what interests chil­
dren have at certain ages. Is there a 3-year-old who
wouldn't listen with all his ears to a story about colts or
kittens? Can you imagine a 6-year-old who wouldn't be
interested in the tale of how William (in "Wait for William” )
rode the elephant in a circus parade? Girls of 10 raptur­
ously read over and over again books about favorite heroines.

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Special interests are encouraged by books
Almost before we realize they are individuals with ideas
of their own, children begin to have special interests that
can be furthered by providing the right books. A child who
notices the living creatures about him should have access
to authentic books like Herbert S. Zim 's, Henry B. Kane's,
W ilfrids. Bronson’ s, and Roger T. Peterson's so that he
won’ t be misled when he com es across careless misstate­
ments. When a little girl announces she is going to learn
to fly, instead of being laughed at, she should be given a
book that will familiarize her with the different kinds of
planes. Children who watch a new house or bridge going
up will enjoy "Construction Ahead" or "Underneath New
Y ork." If they get in the habit of going to books for the
answers to their questions, children will, by the time they
are 10 or so, be using a library as naturally as they turn
on the radio.
This-is our main object, is it not? That children shall
come to have such friendly, natural attitudes toward books
that they will seek them out when they want to learn some­
thing or when they want to spend some leisure in thorough
enjoyment. If books have been their friends from their
earliest years, they will always be a resource. When a
moment's escape from reality is needed, when other form s
of entertainment or companionship are not available, when
hearing about a discovery in science or a famous name
sets them wondering—these are the times when children
should have books as readily accessible as water to drink.
And these books should be their very own. Books from
the library are fine, but books of one's very own that can
be picked up again and again, pored over, and reread when­
ever fancy demands, are even better. It is hard to esti­
mate the value to a child of a library of his own, for the
impressions made on his mind may lie too deep to be chat­
tered about. A favorite character may, unknown to anyone
but the child himself, serve as a stimulus to effort that is
far beyond our ability to calculate. A good account of the
life history of some bird or insect may be so exactly what
a child needs to complement his own observations that he
is given the initial impetus to serious study.

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The list of books that follow are grouped with more
emphasis on interests than on age. It is almost im possi­
ble to say of a book that it is for a child of 5, or one of 8,
for one child of 3 will like to hear the supposedly 5-yearold story, and another of 10 may not be mentally old enough
for the 8-year-old book.

Reading aloud adds to family companionship
Children will listen with great enjoyment to a book that
they are not yet capable of reading by themselves. Up to
the age of 9 or 10, most boys and girls are not reading
full-length books; but a child is delighted to hear such
stories as "Pinocchio” or "The Wind in the Willows" long
before his reading ability is enough advanced to make it
pleasurable for him to read them alone.
This advancement of a child's understanding beyond his
reading skill shows how desirable (as well as pleasurable)
it is for families to do much reading aloud. Even start­
ing a story aloud sometimes whets the appetite of a child
who hasn't yet become hungry enough for books not to need
a little anticipatory taste to get him started. A family
that sets aside only 20 minutes a day for reading aloud
will have read more than 120 hours in a single year! Older
children will be so eager to go on with the story that they
can be counted on to "spell" mother and father in reading,
turn-about fashion.
Parents also welcome the well-done informative books
now written for children and breathe a grateful sigh for
the help such books as "Sea and Shore," "Everyday Weather
and How It W orks," or "You and Space Travel” give them.
A mother or father who makes a practice of taking chil­
dren’ s questions seriously will never regret the time spent
searching for answers.
Keep in mind that many, many children who "don't like
to read" feel that way because reading hasn’ t become fun.
When that is the case, the reasons for the child's slow
progress in reading should be sought, and help should be
given where it is needed.

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If this is done early enough, the teen-age years, during
which leisure-tim e habits are being formed, will become
a period when children eagerly feast on the wide variety
of good things to be found in books. But no matter how
well a child can read, he is unlikely to think of this as
one of the very nicest ways of having a good time unless
he is provided with books of his own and has parents who
have enjoyed those books with him from the days when he
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ABC
and

MOTHER GOOSE BOOKS

RING O’ ROSES. Warne. $ 3 .......................... Leslie Brooke
ABC BOOK. Illustrated by the author.
Doubleday. $2. 5 0 .......... ..............Charles Buckles Falls
NURSERY RHYMES. Knopf. $2. 50______ C. Lovat Fraser
ALL AROUND THE TOWN.
Lippincott. $ 2 ........................................ Phyllis McGinley
GAY MOTHER GOOSE. Illustrated by Françoise.
Scribner. $ 2 .5 0 .......................................... Mother Goose

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MOTHER GOOSE. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor.
Oxford. $ 2 .................................... ...............Mother Goose
THE REAL MOTHER GOOSE. Illustrated by
Blanche Fisher Wright. Rand. $2. 5 0 . . . . Mother Goose

P IC T U R E S T O R Y B O O K S

for Y O U N G C H I L D R E N
DON’ T COUNT YOUR CHICKS. Doubleday. $2. 50
Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
LITTLE WILD HORSE. Houghton. $2. 50 . .Hetty B. Beatty
PELLE’ S NEW SUIT. Harper. $1.75___ ____ Elsa Beskow
THE FIVE CHINESE BROTHERS.

Coward. $1. 75
Claire H. Bishop

JOHNNY CROW’ S GARDEN. Warne. $1.75
L. Leslie Brooke

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DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT.
Scribner. $1.75.......................................... Marcia Brown
GOLDEN EGG BOOK. Simon & Schuster. $1
Margaret Wise Brown
GOODNIGHT MOON. Harper . $1.75
Margaret Wise Brown
THE SEASHORE NOISY BOOK.
Harper. $1. 50............................ ... Margaret Wise Brown
WAIT TILL THE MOON IS FULL.
Harper. $1.75.......... ..................... Margaret Wise Brown
JUST TAMMIE! Dodd. $2
Dorothy and Marguerite Bryan
THE LITTLE HOUSE. Houghton.

$2.50
Virginia Lee Burton

MIKE MULLIGAN AND HIS STEAM SHOVEL.
Houghton. $2.50............................... Virginia Lee Burton
THE HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE PICTURE BOOK.
War ne. $ 3 .................... » ..................... Randolph Caldecott
HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PANCAKES.
Viking. $1.25........................................ Audrey Chalmers
A BELL FOR URSLI. Oxford.

$2.50.............. Selina Chonz

LITTLE BRUIN AND PER.
Abingdon. $ 1 .2 5 ............................... Haaken Christensen
WILD BIRTHDAY CAKE.
Doubleday. $ 2 .5 0 .................................. Lavinia R. Davis
THE STORY OF BABAR. Random. $ 1 . . . Jean de Brunhoff
WHAT EVERY YOUNG RABBIT SHOULD KNOW.
Dodd. $ 2 .2 5 ................ ................................. Carol Denison
THE DOGCATCHER’ S DOG. Holt.

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$ 2 ............ André Dugo
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A FOR THE ARK. Lothrop.

$ 2 .................. Roger Duvoisin

PETUNIA AND THE SONG.
Knopf. $ 1 .7 5 ...............................................Roger Duvoisin
MR. T. W. ANTHONY WOO: the story of a Cat and
a Dog and a Mouse. Viking. $ 2 ................ Marie H. Ets
CRYBABY CALF. Rand.

60$............ Helen and Alf Evers

PRAYER FOR A CHILD. Macmillan. $ 1 ----- Rachel Field
ANGUS AND THE DUCKS.
Doubleday. $ 1 .2 5 ............ ..........................M arjorie Flack
ASK MR. BEAR. Macmillan.

$1.75 ...........M arjorie Flack

WAIT FOR WILLIAM. Houghton.

$ 2 ........ M arjorie Flack

JEANNE-MARIE COUNTS HER SHEEP.
Scribner. $ 2 .........................................................Françoise
MILLIONS OF CATS.
CINDER.

Grosset.

LITTLE TOOT.

Coward.

$ 1 .7 5 .............. Wanda Gag

50$.......................................Romney Gay

Putnam. $ 2 .2 5 ........ ... Hardie Gramatky

DEAR UNCLE LOOY. Knopf. $1.75
Peggy Gulick and Elizabeth Dresser
THE BIG SNOW. Macmillan.

$2.50
Berta and Elmer Hader

LITTLE BOY BROWN. Lippincott.

$ 1 . 7 5 . . . Isobel Harris

EDDIE AND GARDENIA.

Morrow.

$2. 50
Carolyn Hayward

HURRY, HURRY.

$ 1 .5 0 .......... Edith Thacher Hurd

Scott.

FIVE LITTLE MONKEYS. Houghton. $2. 50
Juliet Kepes

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THE STORY OF FERDINAND.

Viking. $1.50
Munro Leaf and R. Lawson

THE LITTLE FAMILY. Doubleday.

75£........ Lois Lenski

SNIPP, SNAPP, SNURR, AND THE GINGERBREAD.
Whitman. $ 1 .5 0 ............................................ Maj Lindman
FINDERS KEEPERS. Harcourt. $2
William Lipkind and Nicholas Mordvinoff
LITTLE GOLDEN LIBRARY (many titles). Simon.
25£ each. Farmer Jones, Busy Timmy, Fix it, Please,
etc.
BLUEBERRIES FOR SAL. Viking. $2.. Robert McCloskey
MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS.
Viking. $ 2 .7 5 ....................................... Robert McCloskey
THE RED HORSE. Coward.

$ 1 . 7 5 . . . . . . . Elsa Moeschlin

THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
Grosset. 50$ ................................................ Clement Moore
APRIL’ S KITTENS. Harper.

$2.50.. .Claire T. Newberry

FEATHER MOUNTAIN. Houghton.
KATY NO-POCKET.

Houghton.

$ 2 ........ Elizabeth Olds

$ 2 .5 0 .......... Emmy Payne

PUSS IN BOOTS. Illustrated by Marcia Brown.
Scribner. $ 2 ............................................. Charles Perrault
BOX WITH RED WHEELS. Macmillan. $1.75
Maud and Miska Petersham
A BOAT FOR PEPPE.

Scribner.

$ 2 .................. Leo Politi

A TALE OF PETER RABBIT.
Warne. 85£......................................

Beatrix Potter

THE TALE OF SQUIRREL NUTKIN.
Warne. 85£................................................................. Beatrix Potter

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CURIOUS GEORGE. Houghton.

$2.50

H. A. Rey

THE 500 HATS OF BARTHOLOMEW CUBBINS.
Vanguard. $ 2 .5 0 .............................................. . D r . Seuss
MAGIC MICHAEL. Macmillan.
CAPS FOR SALE.

Scott.

$ 2 .......... Louis Slobodkin

$ 1 .7 5 ............ Esphyr Slobodkina

THE FIRST CHRISTMAS. Harper.
PUMPKIN MOONSHINE. Oxford.

$ L .......... Robbie Trent
$ 1 ............

Tasha Tudor

THE CAMEL WHO TOOK A WALK.
Aladdin. $ 2 ...................................................Jack Tworkov
WHOSE LITTLE BIRD A M I ? .
Crowell. $ 1 ...........................................Leonard Weisgard
FISH IN THE AIR. Viking. $ 2 .............................Kurt Wiese
WONDER BOOKS (many titles). Grosset. 25£ each.
Let’ s Play Indian, The Magic Bus, etc.
,
SATURDAY WALK.

Scott.

ALL FALLING DOWN.

THE STORM BOOK.


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$ 1 ........................ . Ethel Wright

Harper. $1. 75
Gene Zion and M. B. Graham

Harper.

$ 2 ........ .. .Charlotte Zolotow

ANSWERS
LITTLE

to

CHILDREN’S
QUESTIONS

THE FIRST THANKSGIVING. Knopf. $2.. .Lena Barksdale
ALL KINDS OF TIME. Harcourt. $ 2 .............. Harry Behn
ALL AROUND YOU. Whittlesey. $ 2 .......... Jeanne Bendick
GOLDEN ENCYCLOPEDIA.
Simon. $ 2 .5 0 .......................... ................. Dorothy Bennett
UPS AND DOWNS. Scott. $ 1 ........................ E. S. Berkley
PERHAPS I'LL BE A RAILROAD MAN.
Aladdin. $1.75 .............................................. Ray Bethers
ILLUSTRATED GOLDEN DICTIONARY. Simon. $3.95
Stuart A. Courtis and Garnette Watters
WHAT’ S IN THE SKY. Oxford. $ 1 .5 0 ........ M. P. Dunham
THE STORY OF A BABY. Viking. $ 3 ........ Marie Hall Ets

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ALL ABOUT US. Capitol. $2

Eva Knox Evans

YOUR OWN STORY: human reproduction simply
explained. University of Minnesota P ress. 50$
Marion L. Faegre
TIM TADPOLE AND THE GREAT BULLFROG.
Doubleday. $ 1 .2 5 ...................................... Marjorie Flack
THE BIG BOOK OF COWBOYS.
Grosset. $ 1 ........................................ Sydney E. Fletcher
THE MERRY FIDDLERS. Aladdin. $1.75
Alice E. Goudey
VERY FIRST GARDEN. Oxford. 50$.......... Dorothea Gould
THE BIG BOOK OF ANIMALS EVERY CHILD SHOULD
KNOW. Grosset. $ 1 ............................ Dena Humphreys
LET’ S GO OUTDOORS. Doubleday. $2.75
Harriet E. Huntington
LET’ S GO TO THE SEASHORE. Doubleday. $2. 75
Harriet E. Huntington
CABOOSE. Lothrop. $ 1 . 5 0 . . . Clement and Edith T. Hurd
TELL ME ABOUT GOD. Rand. $ 2 .......... Mary Alice Jones
SAFETY CAN BE FUN. Lippincott. $ 1 .7 5 ___ Munro Leaf
THE LITTLE TRAIN. Oxford. $ 1 .................... Lois Lenski
RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT.
Doubleday. $ 2 .............................. ........Golden MacDonald
RUBY THROAT, the story of a humming bird.
Morrow. $2 ..................................
Robert M. McClung
PICTURE BOOK OF THE WEATHER.
Lothrop. $ 2 ...........................................Jerome S. Meyer
THE BIG FIRE. Houghton. $2. 5 0 ................ Elizabeth Olds

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RIDING THE RAILS. Houghton. $2.50
JESUS’ STORY. Macmillan.

Elizabeth Olds

$2
Maud and Miska Petersham

PICTURE BOOK OF ANIMAL BABIES.
Macmillan. $ 2 ........................ W. W. and Irene Robinson
GOD’ S FIRST CHILDREN. Roy. $ 2 ............ Ester Salminen
HOW BIG IS BIG? From Stars to Atoms.
Scott. $ 1 .7 5 .......................... Herman and Nina Schneider
LET’ S LOOK UNDER THE CITY.
Scott. $ 1 .5 0 .......................... Herman and Nina Schneider
SUN, MOON, AND STARS. McGraw. $3
W. T. Skilling and R. S. Richardson
DO YOU KNOW ABOUT FISHES?
Morrow. $1.50
.......................................Janet Smalley
THE FIRST BOOK OF AUTOMOBILES.
Watts. $ 1 .7 5 .......................................... Campbell Tatham
TRAVELERS ALL. (Seeds.)
Scott. $ 1 .2 5 ............................................ Irma E. Webber
UP ABOVE AND DOWN BELOW. (Roots and tops
of plants.) Scott. $ 1 .................. ........... Irma E. Webber
THE FIRST BOOK OF BIRDS.
Watts. $ 1 .7 5 .................................. Margaret Williamson
THE GREAT WHALES. Morrow. $ 2 .......... Herbert S. Zim
REAL FIRE ENGINES.
(Also, The Big Book of Real Trucks, Trains, etc. ).
Grosset. $1 each...................................... George J. Zoffo

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B O O K S of POETRY
AN INHERITANCE OF POETRY. Houghton. $4
Gladys L. Adshead and Annis Duff
SUNG UNDER THE SILVER UMBRELLA. Macmillan.
$ 2 .7 5 ........................ Association for Childhood Education
UNDER THE TENT OF THE SKY. (Poems about animals. )
Macmillan. $ 2 .7 5 ---------------- John E. Brewton, comp.
BRIDLED WITH RAINBOWS. Macmillan. $2.75
S. W. and John E. Brewton, comps.
RHYMES AND VERSES. Holt. $ 3 . 5 0 . . . Walter De la Mare
VERY YOUNG VERSES. Houghton. $2.50
Barbara P. Geismer and Antoinette B. Suter, comps.
RING AROUND. Macmillan. $3.50
Mildred P. Harrington, comp.
A POCKETFUL OF RHYMES. Crowell. $2
Katherine Love, comp.
FAR AND FEW.

Little.

$2.50 .....................David McCord

NOW WE ARE SIX. Dutton.

$1. 7 5 .................. A. A. Milne

WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG.
Dutton. $ 1 .7 5 .....................L ............... ..

A. A. Milne

A CHILD’ S GARDEN OF VERSES.
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Macmillan.

$1.35
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RAINBOW IN THE SKY. Harcourt. $3. 75
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FIRESIDE BOOK OF FOLKSONGS.
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SINGING TIME.

Day. $2.50
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Satis N. Coleman and A. Bregman
THE BIG BOOK OF FAVORITE SONGS FOR CHILDREN.
Grosset. $ 1 ...........................................Dorothy Commins
COWBOY JAMBOREE: Western Songs and Lore.
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STORIES OF OUR AMERICAN PATRIOTIC SONGS.
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AMERICAN FOLKSONGS FOR CHILDREN.
Doubleday. $ 4 ............ ..................Ruth C. Seeger, comp.
THE GOLDEN SONG BOOK.
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SING FOR CHRISTMAS. Dutton. $3. 7 5 .......... Opal Wheeler
SING MOTHER GOOSE. Dutton. $3. 75.......... Opal Wheeler

HOW OTHER
CHILDREN
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SMOKY BAY.

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COCOLO.

(Italy. ) Harper. $ 2 .5 0 .............................. Bettina

BRIGHT MORNING. (England.) Viking. $1.50
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POPO AND FIFINA, CHILDREN OF HAITI.
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JAN'S VICTORY. (Holland.) Longmans. $2.50
Betty M. Bowen
HENRY—FISHERMAN. (Virgin Islands. ) Illustrated by
the author. Scribner. $ 2 .......................... Marcia Brown
SOMI BUILDS A CHURCH. (Lapland. )
Viking. $ 2 ...................................................Rafaello Busoni
JUNGLE BOY. (Philippines. )
Longmans. $ 2 .............................................. Lysle Carveth
IN MY MOTHER'S HOUSE. (Indians of our Southwest. )
Viking. $ 2 .5 0 .......................................... Ann Nolan Clark
THE BOY WITH THE PARROT. (Central America. )
Macmillan. $ 2 .5 0 ...............
Elizabeth Coatsworth
MY PET PEEPELO. (M exico.)
Oxford. $ 2 ...................................................... Ellis Credle
FUJIO. (Japan. ) Macmillan. $ 2 ..........Raymond Creekmore
BUSH HOLIDAY. (Australia.)
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ESKIMO BOY. Lothrop.

$ 2 .................... Pipaluk Freuchen

THE FAMILY FROM ONE END STREET. (England. )
Vanguard. $ 2 .5 0 ............................................ Eva Garnett
SARANGA, THE PYGMY. (Africa. )
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A SUMMER TO REMEMBER. (Switzerland.)
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RACING THE RED SAIL. (G reece.)
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LITTLE PEAR. (China.)
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MARTA THE DOLL. (Poland.)
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AT THE PALACE GATES. (P eru .)
Viking. $2 .............................................. Helen R. Parish
DAUGHTER OF THE MOUNTAINS. (Tibet and India.)
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SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS. (England.)
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MARKET DAY FOR TI ANDRE. (Haiti.)
Viking. $ 2 ..................................................... Maia Rodman
THE SINGING TREE. (Hungary.)
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LI LUN, LAD OF COURAGE. (China and India.)
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THE COTTAGE AT BANTRY BAY. (Ireland.)
Viking. $ 2 .5 0 .................. ....................Hilda Van Stockum
THE SAUCEPAN JOURNEY. (Sweden.)
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ATOMS AT WORK. Harcourt. $2.25 . . George P. Bischoff
THE ADVENTURES OF MAYA, THE BEE.
Pellegrini. $ 3 ...................................... Waldemar Bonsels
THE GULF STREAM. Vanguard. $ 2 .5 0 ........ Ruth Brindze
CATS. Harcourt.

$ 2 .............................. Wilfred S. Bronson

THE FIRST BOOK OF TREES.
Watts. $ 1 . 7 5 . . . ................................ .

M. B. Cormack

ALONG NATURE’ S HIGHWAY.
Day. $ 2 .............. .............................. Carroll Lane Fenton
ROCKS AND THEIR STORIES. Doubleday. $2.50
Carroll Lane and Mildred H. Fenton
ONE GOD: the ways we worship Him.
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SUNSHINE AND RAIN. Singer. 96£
G. W. Frazier and H. Dolman
VULPES, THE RED FOX.
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SEA AND SHORE. Macmillan.

$3.. .Clarence J. Hylander

WILD WORLD TALES: the tale of the mouse, the moth,
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THE WONDER OF LIFE: how we are born and
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AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS.
Random. $ 1 .9 5 .......... ...................Cecile Hulse Matschat
PET BOOK FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
Scribner. $2.75............................................A. P. Morgan
HOW TO KNOW THE BIRDS.
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JUNIOR BOOK OF BIRDS.
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AMERICA'S TREASURE. (Our natural resou rces.)
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W. Maxwell Ree
PATTERNS IN THE SKY.
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THE SILVER MINK. Little.

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$ 2 . 5 0 . . . . Ivan T. Sanderson

EVERYDAY WEATHER AND HOW IT WORKS.
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YOU AMONG THE STARS.

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Herman and Nina Schneider

HOW TO KNOW THE WILD FLOWERS.
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Warne. $ 2 .............. ... ....................

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FROGS AND TOADS. (Also, O w ls.)
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MICE, MEN, AND ELEPHANTS.
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Herbert S. Zim

LIGHTNING AND THUNDER.
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Herbert S. Zim

INSECTS.

Simon.

$1
Herbert S. Zim and Clarence Cottam

people and places
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DANIEL BOONE. Harper.

$ 1 .7 5 ................ Esther Aver ill

INDIANS OF THE LONGHOUSE.
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Sonia Bleeker

STORY OF THE NEGRO. Knopf. $3 . . . . . Arna Bontemps
OUR COUNTRY'S STORY.
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THE FIRST BOOK OF PRESIDENTS.
Watts. $1. 7 5 .................................................

Harold Coy

BALLET FOR BEGINNERS. Knopf. $3. 75
Nancy Draper and M. E. Atkinson
LIFE OF AUDUBON. (With illustrations from
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THE COURAGE AND THE GLORY.
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ANDREW JACKSON. Scribner. $ 2 ........ Genevieve Foster
THE BIRDMAN: the story of Leonardo da Vinci.
Stravon. $ 1 .................................................Mitchell Foster

THE STORY OF THE GREAT LAKES.
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THESE UNITED STATES AND HOW THEY CAME TO BE.
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THE WORLD WE LIVE IN AND HOW IT CAME TO BE.
Macmillan. $ 4 ................................
Gertrude Hartman
BENJAMIN WEST AND HIS CAT GRIMALKIN.
Bobbs. $ 2 .5 0 ..................
Marguerite Henry
HOW THE FIRST MEN LIVED.
Lothrop. $1.50 ...............................Lancelot Hogben, ed.

AMERICA'S ETHAN ALLEN.
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BETTER KNOWN AS JOHNNY APPLESEED.
Lippincott. $ 2 .5 0 .......................................Mabel L. Hunt
A PICTURE HISTORY OF FRANCE.
Watts. $ 3 ..................................................................... ClarkeHutton
HE WENT WITH MARCO POLO.
Houghton. $ 3 ...................................Louise Andrews Kent
MAN'S WAY, FROM CAVE TO SKYSCRAPER.
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SKY HIGHWAYS: geography from the air.
Houghton. $ 2 .5 0 ..............

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INDIANS ON HORSEBACK.
Crowell. $ 2 .5 0 ...........................................Alice Marriott
STORY OF THE GREAT PLAINS.
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Little. $ 2 .5 0 .........................................Cornelia L. Meigs
THE PICTURE STORY OF THE PHILIPPINES.
McKay. $2.50 .......... ................................Hester O’ Neill
THE EARTH FOR SAM: the story of mountains,
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William M. Reed
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
Random. $ 1 .5 0 ..................................... Quentin Reynolds
LEIF ERIKSSON, FIRST VOYAGER TO AMERICA.
Harper. $ 2 . , ................................. Katherine B. Shippen
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
Random. $ 1 .9 5 .................................. Arensa Sondergaard
BOY ON HORSEBACK. (Autobiography.)
Harcourt. $ 2 .5 0 ....................................... Lincoln Steffens
THE LAND OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE.
Lippincott. $2. 5 0 ...........................................Alicia Street
MOZART THE WONDER BOY.
Dutton. $ 2 .7 5 .......................O. Wheeler and S. Deucher
PREHISTORIC AMERICA.
Random. $1. 5 0 ...................................... Ann Terry White
LOST WORLDS: adventures in archeology.
Random. $ 3 .............................................. Ann Terry White
YOU AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
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AMOS FORTUNE, FREE MAN.
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MARIONETTES, Easy to Make! Fun to Use!
Lippincott. $2. 7 5 .....................................Edith F. Ackley
ELECTRONICS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
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TELEVISION WORKS LIKE THIS.
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CONSTRUCTION AHEAD.

Viking.

$ 3 ....... Henry Billings

THE FIRST BOOK OF ESKIMOS.
Watts. $1. 7 5 .......................................Benjamin Brewster
THE STORY OF OUR CALENDAR.
Vanguard. $ 2 .5 0 ..........

Ruth Brindze

WHAT MAKES IT TICK? Houghton. $3. .Katharine Britton
THE STORY OF SOUND.

Harcourt.

$ 2 . . . James Geralton

PICTURES TO GROW UP WITH.
Studio. $3.50 ....................................... .. .Katharine Gibson
UNDERNEATH NEW YORK.
Rinehart. $ 3 ................................................ Harry Granick
THE BOY BUILDER.

Dodd. $ 3 .5 0 ___ Edwin T. Hamilton

FIRST BOOK OF INVENTIONS.
Chanticleer. $ 1 . 5 0 . .......................Lancelot Hogben, ed.
HALFWAY TO HEAVEN: the story of the St. Bernard.
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O. K. FOR DRIVE-AWAY: How Automobiles Are Built.
Macmillan. $ 2 .5 0 ...................................
Henry B. Lent
YOU AND SPACE TRAVEL.
Childrens P ress. $1. 5 0 ........ . ..................John Lewellen
PICTURE BOOK OF MOLECULES AND ATOMS.
Lothrop. $ 2 ................................................... Jerome Meyer
COINOMETRY: an introduction to coins and currency.
Sterling. $2.50.. .Robert V. Masters and Fred Reinfeld
A FIRST ELECTRICAL BOOK FOR BOYS.
Scribner. $3 — .................................... Alfred P. Morgan
FIRST CHEMISTRY BOOK FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
Scribner. $ 2 .7 5 .....................................Alfred P. Morgan
THE BOAT AND SHIP BOOK.
Sloane. $ 1 .7 5 .............................Margaret and Stuart Otto
PARTNERS: United Nations and Youth. Doubleday.
$ 3 . 5 0 ...................... Eleanor Roosevelt and Helen Ferris
LET’ S FIND OUT: a picture science book.
Scott. $ 1 .7 5 ........................ Herman and Nina Schneider
EVERYDAY MACHINES AND HOW THEY WORK.
Whittlesey. $ 2 .5 0 .............................. Jeanne Schneider
A BOY AND A MOTOR. Harper.

$ 2 . . . Raymond F. Yates

THE BOYS’ BOOK OF MAGNETISM.
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CODES AND SECRET WRITING.
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PARACHUTES.
SUBMARINES.

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9

to

GIRLS
12

aover

THE WONDERFUL YEAR.
Messner. $ 2 .5 0 ............................................Nancy Barnes
WATCH FOR A TALL WHITE SAIL.
Morrow. $ 2 .5 0 ...................................... .Margaret E. Bell
TWENTY AND TEN.
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HAUNTED HUT. Knopf.
HIGH TRAIL. Doubleday.

$ 2 .5 0 .................. . M. G. Bonner
$ 2 .5 0 .................... Vivian Breck

CADDIE WOODLAWN.
Macmillan. $ 2 .5 0 .................................Carol Ryrie Brink
DRUSILLA. Macmillan.

$ 2 .5 0 ................ Emma L. Brock

THE LONESOMEST DOLL.
Houghton. $2.50.........................................Alice F. Brown
AWAY GOES SALLY.
Macmillan. $2. 75 ...........................Elizabeth Coatsworth
WINTER ON THE JOHNNY SMOKER.
Morrow. $2.50.........................Mildred Houghton Comfort
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Lippincott. $2.50

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THE DOOR IN THE WALL.
Doubleday. $2. 5 0 .................... Marguerite L. De Angeli
HENNER’ S LYDIA.
Doubleday. $ 2 .5 0 .................... Marguerite L. De Angeli
THE MELENDY FAMILY.
Rinehart. $ 3 ............................................. Elizabeth Enright
(Containing The Saturdays, The Four Story Mistake,
and Then There Were Five)
THIMBLE SUMMER. Rinehart. $2. 75.. Elizabeth Enright
THE MIDDLE MOFFAT.
Harcourt. $ 2 .5 0 ........................................................EleanorEstes
HITTY, HER FIRST 100 YEARS.
Macmillan. $ 2 ............................................................. RachelField
TOMAS AND THE RED HEADED ANGEL.
Messner. $ 2 .5 0 .................................Marion Garthwaite
BLUE WILLOW.

Viking.

THE DOLLS’ HOUSE.

$ 2 .5 0 ...............

Viking.

Doris Gates

$ 2 .5 0 ........... Rumer Godden

TREASURE IN THE COVERED WAGON.
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THE FAIR ADVENTURE.
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SIERRA SALLY.

Nelson.

LISA AND LOTTIE.

$ 2 .....................Eleanor Hoffman

Little.

$ 2 .5 0 ............ .. Erich Kastner

THE BEST CHRISTMAS.
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JUDY’ S JOURNEY.

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PRAIRIE SCHOOL.

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MARGARET. Harper.

$ 2 .5 0 .............. Elizabeth Low

$ 2 .5 0 ............ ............ J. S. Lowrey

SHUTTERED WINDOWS.
Houghton. $ 2 .7 5 ...................... Florence Crannell Means
KILDEE HOUSE. Doubleday.
WINDIGO. Harcourt.

$ 2 .5 0 ... R. G. Montgomery

$ 2 .5 0 ............ Kathrene S., Pinkerton

ROLLER SKATES. Viking.

$ 2 .5 0 .................. Ruth Sawyer

DOWNRIGHT DENCEY.
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CIRCUS SHOES. Random. $ 2 .7 5 .............. Noel Streatfeild
ALL-OF-A-KIND FAMILY.
Follett. $ 2 .7 5 ..........................................
BEANY MALONE. Crowell.

Sidney Taylor

$ 2 .5 0 ........ Lenora M. Weber

THE LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE.
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LIBERTY FOR JOHANNY. Longmans. $2.50
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THE ROOSTER CLUB. Viking. $2 ..
STOCKY, BOY OF WEST TEXAS.
Winston. $ 2 .5 0 .......... ................... , . . Elizabeth W. Baker
LITTLE FLUTE PLAYER.
Morrow. $2. 5 0 ..............................
PECOS BILL, the Greatest Cowboy of All Time.
Whitman. $ 2 .5 0 ............................
LODESTAR. Crowell. $ 2 .5 0 .......... . .Franklyn M. Branley
WINDFALL FIDDLE. Knopf. $2. 50 ................ Carl Carmer
FIVE BOYS IN A CAVE. Day. $2. 5 0 ........ Richard Church
DOOR TO THE NORTH.
Winston. $ 2 .5 0 ............................ . Elizabeth Coatsworth
GREAT CAESAR’ S GHOST.
Doubleday. $1. 5 0 ........................
DANIEL BOONE.

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Holiday.

$2.25

Robert Davis

PARTNERS OF POWDER HOLE.
Holiday. $ 2 .2 5 ........ ......................................Robert Davis
SKIPPACK SCHOOL.
Doubleday. $2. 5 0 .....................Marguerite L. De Angeli
THE TWENTY-ONE BALLOONS.
Viking. $ 2 .5 0 ................................. . William Pène DuBois
THE MATCHLOCK GUN.
Dodd. $2. 7 5 ....................................
THE MIDNIGHT HORSE.
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. . . . . Monica Edwards

"I HAVE JUST BEGUN TO FIGHT.” (John Paul Jones. )
Dodd. $ 2 .7 5 ....................................
CRUISE OF THE JEANNETTE. (First expedition
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Edward Ellsberg
GINGER PYE.

Harcourt.

$2.50...

JOHNNY TREMAIN. Houghton. $3.
NORTH FORK. Viking.

$ 2 ..............

THE BOY JONES. (A chimney sweep in
Victoria’ s London.) Viking. $ 2 . . ........ Patricia Gordon
FARM BOY. Viking. $ 2 . 5 0 . . . . . . . . ........ Douglas Gor siine
ADAM OF THE ROAD.
Viking*. $ 3 .................. .................... . Elizabeth Janet Gray
SALTWATER SUMMER.
Morrow. $ 2 .5 0 .............................
NICHOLAS AND THE WOOL-PACK.
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FARMER IN THE SKY.
Scribner. $ 2 .5 0 ..........................
JUSTIN MORGAN HAD A HORSE.
Grosset. $ 1 .2 5 ............ ............. .
SPICE AND THE DEVIL'S CAVE.
Knopf. $ 3 ...................... ................ Agnes Danforth Hewes
CALL ME CHARLEY. Harper. $2 .
LASSIE COME-HOME. Winston. $2.50 . . . Eric M. Knight
DANIEL IN THE CUB SCOUT DEN.
Aladdin. $ 2 .5 0 ............................. ........ Julilly H. Kohler
BLACK RIVER CAPTIVE.
Random. $ 2 .7 5 .......................... ,
BOOM TOWN BOY. Lippincott. $ 2 .5 0 ............ Lois Lenski
THE WAHOO BOBCAT.
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NONE BUT THE BRAVE.
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JIM DAVIS. Macmillan.

$1.50...

BOY WITH A PACK.
Harcourt. $ 2 .5 0 ........................
CEDAR’ S BOY. Harcourt. $2. 50. . . . . Stephen W. Meader
HARI, THE JUNGLE LAD.
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MY FRIEND FLICKA.
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HANNIBAL’ S ELEPHANTS.
Longmans. $2. 50........

Alfred Powers

MERRY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD.
Scribner. $ 3 .................................................. Howard Pyle
GREAT NORTHERN? Macmillan. $3 .. . . Arthur Ransome
TRIGGER JOHN’ S SON. Viking. $2. 50 . . . . T. P. Robinson
GREEN TREASURE. Harper.

$2.50.. ............ M. I. Ross

RED FOX OF THE KINAPOO.
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MOJAVE JOE. Knopf. $ 2 .5 0 ................ .......... D. C. Scott
CALL IT COURAGE.
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ABE LINCOLN: Frontier Boy.
Bobbs. $ 1 .7 5 ...................................... . Augusta Stevenson
HIGHPOCKETS. Morrow. $ 2 .5 0 ..........
LIONS ON THE HUNT. (South African Veldt.)
Viking. $ 2 .5 0 .................................. Theodore J. Waldeck
RIDE, COWBOY, RIDE! McKay. $2.50. ........ Billy Warren
THIS BOY CODY. Watts. $ 2 .5 0 ............
A PLACE FOR PETER.
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AESOP’ S FABLES. Grosset, $1. 25; Viking, $2. 50
Illustrated by Artzybasheff....................................... Aesop
LITTLE WOMEN.
Little, $2; Grosset, 75$......................... Louisa M. Alcott
ALICE’ S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND.
(Contains Through the Looking G lass.)
Macmillan, $2; Heritage, $3; McKay, $1;
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TITLE INDEX
A for the A r k .................................
ABC B o o k .......................................
Abe Lincoln: Frontier Boy . . . .
Adam of the R o a d ................... .. .
Adventures of Maya, the Bee . .
Adventures of P in o cch io ..............
Adventures of Tom Sawyer . . . .
Aesop’ s F a b le s .........................
A lice's Adventures in
W onderland.................................
All About Us .................................
All Around the T o w n ...................
All Around Y o u ..............................
All Falling D ow n ............................
All Kinds of T i m e .............. .. . . .
All-of-a-K ind Family .................
Along Nature's H ighw ay..............
Amahl and the Night V isitors . .
American Butterflies and M oths.
American Folksongs for
C h ild ren .......................................
Am erica’ s Ethan A lle n .................
A m erica's T r e a s u r e .............. . .
Amos Fortune, Free M a n ...........
Andersen's Fairy T a l e s ..............
And To Think That I Saw it on
Mulberry S t r e e t ......................
Andrew Jackson ......................
Andy and the L i o n .........................
Angus and the D u c k s ...................
Animal T o o l s .................................
Animal T r a c k s ..............................
Animal Weapons ............................
Animals from Everywhere . . . .
A pril's K itte n s ..............................
Arabian Nights . . . *■..............
Arkansaw B e a r ..............................
Ask Mr. Bear ...............................
At the Back of the North Wind . .
At the Palace G a te s......................
Atoms at W o r k ..............................
Away Goes S a lly ............................
Ballet for B e g in n e r s ...................
B a m b i........... ...................................
Beany Malone .................................
Bears on Hemlock Mountain . . .
Bell for Ursli . ..............................
Benjamin Franklin ......................
Benjamin West and His Cat
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25
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40
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18
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17
16
17
34
25
44
26
22
28
26
29
42
42
28
41
14
26
26
26
27
15
39
44
14
40
24
25
32
27
40
34
46
13
27
28

Bequest of Wings ............................48
Best Christmas ...............................33
Better Known as Johnny
A pp leseed................................. ' . 28
Big Book of Animals Every Child
Should K n o w .................................. 18
Big Book of C o w b o y s ................... 18
Big Book of Favorite Songs for
C h ild ren ..........................................21
Big Book of Real Fire Engines. . 19
Big Book of Real T r a in s ..................19
Big Book of Real Trucks ...............19
Big F i r e ......................................... 18
Big Road W a lk er........... .'. . . . . 41
Big S n o w ............................. . . . . 14
28
B ir d m a n ...........................
Black B e a u t y .................................... 40
Black River Captive ...................... 37
Blue Cat of Castle T o w n ........... 43
Blue Willow . .............................. . 33
Blueberries for S a l ..........................15
Boat and Ship B o o k ...................... 31
Boat for P e p p e .............................. 15
Book of A m e r ic a n s ......................... 43
Books, Children and Men . . . . . 48
Books for Tired E y e s.............. .. . 48
Boom Town B o y ...............................37
Box With Red Wheels .....................15
Boy and a M o t o r ...............................31
Boy B u ild e r .......................................30
Boy J o n e s ..........................................36
Boy on H o rse b a ck ............................ 29
Boy With a P a c k ...............................37
Boy With the Parrot ...................... 23
Boys’ Book of M agnetism ........... 31
Bridled With Rainbow s....................20
Bright M orning................................. 23
Brownies—Hush!. ............................ 45
Bush Holiday....................................... 23
Busy Tim m y................
15
C aboose............................................ 18
Caddie Woodlawn........................... 32
Call It Courage ...............................38
Call Me C h a r le y ...............................37
Camel Who Took A W a l k ........... 16
Cap'n Dow and the Hole in the
Doughnut.....................
46
Caps for S a l e ................................. 16
C a t s .....................
25
Cedar's Boy ....................................... 37

A

Children’ s Homer ......................... 43
Child's Garden of V erses . . » . . 20
C inder............................................... 14
Circus S h o e s ...................... ..
34
C ocolo. .................................... ..
23
Codes and Secret W r itin g .............. 31
C o in o m e tr y .......................................31
Complete Nonsense B o o k .............. 42
Construction A h e a d ......................... 30
Cottage at Bantry B a y ....................24
Courage and the G l o r y ....................27
Cowboy Jamboree: Western Songs
21
and L o r e ...................
Cowboy S m a ll.................................... 46
Cruise of the Jeannette....................36
Crybaby C a l f .....................................14
Curious George ............................... 16
Curious George Takes a Job . . . 47
Daniel B o o n e ............................27, 35
Daniel in the Cub Scout D en. . . . 37
Daughter of the Mountains.............. 24
David Copperfield . ......................... 39
Dear Uncle Looy ......................... 14
Dick Whittington and His Cat . . . 13
Do You Know About Fishes? . . . 19
Dogcatcher's D o g .............................13
D olls' H ouse....................................... 33
Don't Count Your Chicks ............... 12
Door in the W a l l ...............................33
Door to the N o r t h ............................ 35
Down, Down the Mountain........... 46
Downright D e n c e y ............................ 34
D ru silla............................................... 32
Earth for Sam .....................................29
Eddie and G ard en ia...................... 14
Electronics for Young People . . 30
E m peror's New C lo th e s ................. 41
Eskimo B o y ................................... 23
Eskimo S t o r e .................................... 46
Everyday Birds ............................... 25
Everyday Machines and How
They W o r k .................................... 31
Everyday Weather and How It
W o r k s ......................................... 26
Fair Adventure..................................33
Family From One End Street. . . 23
Far and F ew ....................................... 20
Farm B o y ..........................................36
Farmer in the Sky ............................ 37
Farmer Jones ........................
15
Fast Sooner Hound ......................... 41
Feather M ou n ta in ......................... 15
Finders K e e p e rs ............................... 15
Fireside Book of Folksongs. . . . 21
First A d v e n tu re ...............................46
First Adventures in Reading. . . 48
First Book of Automobiles . . . . 19

First Book of B i r d s ...................... 19
First Book of E s k im os....................30
First Book of Inventions................. 30
First Book of P r e s id e n t s ........... 27
F irst Book of T r e e s ..........................25
F irst Chemistry Book for Boys
and G irls .......................................... 31
First C h r istm a s............................... 16
F irst Electrical Book for Boys . 31
F irst T h an ksgivin g..........................17
Fish in the A i r .............. J............... 16
Five Boys in a Cave ........... .. . . 35
Five Chinese B r o th e rs................. 12
Five Hundred Hats of
Bartholomew C u b b in s.............. 16
Five Little M on k ey s........... ..
14
Fix It, Please .............................. 15
F l i p .................................................. 13
Four Story M ista k e ......................... 33
Freddy, the D e t e c t iv e ....................41
Frogs and T o a d s ...............................27
F u jio. .................................................. 23
Fun With M agic..................................30
Garden We Planted Together . . . 44
Gay Mother G o o s e ......................... 11
27
George W ash ington ................
George Washington's World . . . 43
Gid G ra n ger....................................... 36
Ginger Pye ........................
36
God's First C h ild re n .................... 19
Golden Egg B o o k ............................... 13
Golden E n cy clo p e d ia .................... 17
Golden Song B o o k ................... .. . 22
Goodnight M oon........... ..
13
Grandfather T a l e s ............................ 43
Great C aesar's G host...................... 35
Great G eppy........... ........................... 41
Great-Grandfather in the Honey
T r e e ............................................... 42
Great N o rth ern ?...............................38
19
Great W h a le s ................
Green T r e a s u r e ...............................38
Gulf Stream ....................................... 25
G ulliver's Travels ......................... 40
Halfway to H eaven............................ 30
Hannibal's E lephants...................... 38
Hans B r in k e r .................................... 39
Happy Jack ....................................... 46
Happy P la c e ....................................... 41
Hari, the Jungle L a d .......................37
Haunted H u t ....................................... 32
He Went With M arco Polo . . . . 28
H eidi. ...................
40
Henner's L y d ia ................... . . . . 33
H en ry --F ish erm a n ......................... 23
Here Comes D a d d y ...................... 15
Hey Diddle Diddle Picture Book . 13
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High T r a i l ..........................................32
H ighpockets....................................... 38
History of the United States for
Young P eop le................................. 29
Hitty, Her First 100 Years . . . . 33
Home Book of Verse for Young
44
F o lk s ........................
Home for Sandy..................................46
Homer P r i c e .................................... 42
Honk, the M o o s e ...............................42
Horn B o o k ..........................................49‘
Horse Who Lived Upstairs . . . . 46
How Big Is Big: From Stars
to A tom s....................................... 19
How the First Men L i v e d ........... 28
How To Know the B i r d s ........... .. 26
How To Know the Wild Flowers . 26
Hundreds and Hundreds of
P a n c a k e s .................................... 13
Hunters of the Great North . . . . 44
Hurry, H u rry ................................. 14
I Had a P en n y ...................... .. . . . 46
"I Have Just Begun to Fight” . . . 36
If I Ran the Z o o ................................. 42
Illustrated Golden D ictionary. . . 17
In My M other's H o u s e ....................23
Indians of the Longhouse................. 27
Indians on Horseback . . . . . . . . 28
Inheritance of P o e tr y .......................20
I n s e c t s ............................................... 27
Invincible Louisa................................29
Jack T a l e s ..........................................43
Jan's V i c t o r y .................................... 23
Jeanne-Marie Counts Her Sheep. 14
Jesus' S to ry .................................... 19
Jim D a v i s ..........................................37
John Henry and the Double-Jointed
Steam D r i l l .................................... 42
Johnny C row 's Garden . . . . . . . 12
Johnny T r e m a in ...................
36
Judy's J o u r n e y ................................. 33
Jungle B o o k ....................................... 40
Jungle B o y ..........................................23
Junior Book of Birds . ...................26
Just So Stories . ........................... 41
Just Tammie 1 ................................. 13
Justin Morgan Had a Horse . . . 37.
Katy and the Big Snow.......................46
Katy N o-P ocket............................... 15
K idn apped..........................................40
Kildee H o u s e .................................... 34
K o n -T ik i............................................ 44
Land of English P eop le....................29
L assie-C om e-H om e......................... 37
Leif Eriksson, First Voyager to
A m e r ic a ..........................................29
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L et's Find O u t ...................
L et's Go Outdoors ......................... 18
L et's Go To the S e a sh o r e ........... 18
Let’ s Look Under the C ity ........... 19
L et's Play Indian............................ 16
Liberty for Johanny......................... 34
Li Lun, Lad of C o u r a g e ................. 24
Life of Audubon..................................27
Life With F a th er...............................43
Lightning and Thunder . . . . . . . 27
Lions on the H u n t............................ 38
Lisa and L o t t ie ..................................33
Little Boy Brow n............................... 14
Little Boy L o s t ................................. 44
Little Bruin and P e r ....................... 13
Little F a m ily .....................................15
Little Fellow .
, ....................46
Little Flute P l a y e r ......................... 35
Little Golden L ib ra ry .................... 15
Little H ou se........................................13
Little House on S tilts .......................47
Little House on the P rairie . . . . 34
Little Ig lo o ..........................................45
Little Owl Indian...............................45
Little P e a r ..........................................24
Little Singing T i m e ................
21
Little T o o t ....................................... 14
Little T r a i n .................................... 18
Little W ie n e r .................................... 47
Little Wild H o r s e .............................12
Little W o m e n .................................... 39
L o d e s ta r ............................................ 35
Lonesomest D o l l ...............................32
Lost W o r ld s ....................................... 29
M a d e lin e ............................................ 23
Magic B u s ....................................... 16
Magic M ic h a e l.................................. 16
Make Way for D ucklings..................15
Making an O r c h e s tr a .......................27
Man's Way, From Cave to
S k y scra p e r.................................... 28
M arga ret......................................... 34
Marionettes, Easy to Make!
Fun to U se! .................................... 30
Market Day for Ti A n d r e ........... 24
Marta the D oll.................................... 24
Mary Poppins ...................... . . . . ^2
Matchlock G u n ..................................36
M cElligot's Pool ............................... 47
McWhinney's J a u n t......................... 41
Melendy Fam ily................................. 33
M erry Adventures of
Robin Hood .....................................38
M erry Fiddlers ............................ 18
M ice, Men and E lephants........... 27
Middle M offa t.................................... 33
Midnight H o r s e ........................
36

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Mike Mulligan and His Steam
S h o v e l.........................* ............. 13
Millions of Cats.................................. 14
Minn of the M is s is s ip p i................. 26
Mojave J o e .......................................38
Mother G o o s e ................................. 12
Mozart the Wonder B o y ........... .. 29
Mr. Popper's P e n g u in s ..............41
Mr. T. W. Anthony W o o .............. 14
Mutiny on the B o u n ty .......................44
My Father's D ragon......................... 43
My Friend F l i c k a ............................ 37
My Pet Peepelo ...............................23
New Illustrated Book of Favorite
H y m n s......................................... 21
Nicholas and the Wool P a c k . . . . 36
Night Before C h r is tm a s ..................15
Nino . ............................................... 22
None but the B r a v e ......................... 37
North F o r k ..........................................36
Now We Are S i x ...............................20
Nursery R h y m es..........................
11
O. K. for Drive-away: How
Automobiles Are B uilt................. 31
Of Courage Undaunted . . . . . . . 43
O l a ....................................................... 22
Old P eter's Russian T ales........... 44
One God: the ways we worship
H im .................................................. 25
Our Country's Story......................... 27
O w ls .....................................................27
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Partners: United Nations and
Y outh ............................................... 31
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Peanut ............................................... 46
Pecos Bill, the Greatest Cowboy
of All T im e ................... ............. 35
P e lle 's New S u it ............................12
Pencil Fun B o o k ............................47
Perhaps I'll Be a Railroad
M a n ................................................. 17
Pet Book for Boys and Girls . . . 26
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Petunia and the Song...................... 14
Picture Book of Animal Babies. . 19
Picture Book of Molecules and
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31
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Picture Story of the
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Pinocchio .......................................43

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34
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28
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Sun, Moon, and S tars....................... 19
Sung Under the Silver
U m b r e lla ....................................... 20
Sunshine and R a in ............................ 25
Swallows and A m azon s....................24
Swiss Family Robinson....................40
Tale of Peter R a b b it .................... 15
Tale of Squirrel Nutkin .............. 15
Tales From G rim m ......................... 39
Television Works Like This . . . 30
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Then There Were F i v e ....................33
These United States and How
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This Boy C o d y ..................................38
Through the Looking Glass . . . . 39
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Tim Tadpole and the Great
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Told Under the Magic
U m b r e lla .......................................42
Tomas and the Red Headed
A n g e l........... ....................................33
Travel Fun B o o k ...................... .. . 47
Travelers All ................................. 19
Treasure in the Covered Wagon . 33
Treasure Trove of the Sun . . . . 24
Trigger John's S o n ......................... 38
Twenty and T e n ................................. 32
Twenty-one B a llo o n s .......................36
Two Is a T e a m ................................. 45
Under the Tent of the S k y ........... 20
Underneath New York . . . . . . . 30
Uncle R e m u s ................
43
Up Above and Down B elow ........... 19
Ups and D o w n s .............................. 17
Very F irst Garden.............................18
Very Young V e r s e s ......................... 20
Vulpes, the Red F o x ................... 25
Wahoo B o b ca t........... .. ......................37
Wait for W illia m ............................... 14
Wait Till the Moon Is Full . . . . 13
Watch for a Tall White Sail . . . . 32
Way o f the S to ry te lle r ....................48
Weejack and His Neighbors . . . . 46
What Every Young Rabbit
13
Should Know........... ..
What Makes It T i c k ? .......................30
What's in the Sky............................ 17
When We Were Very Young . . . . 20
White Snow, Bright Snow . . . . . 47
Whitey and the R u s t le r s .................47
Whose Little Bird Am I ? .............. 16
Wild Birthday C a k e ..........................13
Wild World Tales: The Tale of
the Mouse, the Moth, and
the C row ...................... - .............. 26
W in digo..............................
34
Wind in the W illo w s......................... 43
Windfall F id d le ................................. 35
Wings for Per . ......................
45
Winnie-the-Pooh 7 ............................ 44
Winter on the Johnny Smoker . . . 32
Wonder B ook s................................. 16
Wonder of Life . ......................
26
Wonderbook and Tanglewood
T a le s .....................
44
Wonderful Adventures of Nils . . 44
Wonderful Y e a r ................................. 32
World We Live In and How It
Came To B e ..................................28

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Y e a r lin g ............................................ 44
You Among the S t a r s .......................26
You and Space T ra v e l...................... 31
You and the Constitution of the

United S ta tes...............................29
Your Child Can Be Happy in
Bed ............................................ . 47
Your Own Story
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