HomeMy WebLinkAboutscrapbook pic doris tucker willett (36)1 Children Crozrd .Library Ditring Book Week
Approximately G00 children from
the fourth, fifth
tures of the Northwest Mounted
and sixth grade
of the Itbaca Public Schools have
visited
Police.
Most of the children have taken
the Cornell (City) Library
since the opening Book
Immediately to a new picture -book
of Week
Tuesday.
by Robert McKlosky, "Lentil." The
Accompanied by their teachers
story deals with a small boy living
in
and Mrs. Frances W. Harvey, ele-
much the same circumstances
as
mentary schools librarian, the
most of the children, which
probably accounts for its popular -
groups, averaging about 60 children
each, have inspected the
ity, Miss Ludlow explained. Hardie
displays of
children's books and chosen books
Gramatky's new book "Hercules,"
the story of a fire engine, has been
for future reading,
All the public schools will have
greatly admired, as has "Rowena,
been represented by the end of the
the Skating Cow" by Schackne and
Elchenberg.
week, and a group of eighth grade
pupils from the Parochial School
>,ven the younger children have
shown an interest in career stories,,
will also be guests.
Among the types
she said, and the exhibit of carved I
of reading re-
quested by the children, according
Bohemia figures occupying one
shelf has attracted
staff
to library stamembers, none has
much ad
tion.
proven more popular than mystery
One child explained furtively that
stories. At least two or three of
the
she liked to visit the library and
young visitors in each group
have voiced their
take books home because if she
approval of
them. Girls seem to be particular-
starts reading them after supper
her father lets her "stay
ly partial to mystery, but, as Li-
up I
longer."
brarian Helen Ludlow pointed out
today, the type of mystery written
for children and young people
gen-
erallydeals with buried treasure _
or mistaken identity, rather than
actual crime.
Several have r e q u e s t e d fairy
stories, and two or three boys im-
mediately seized upon the adver-- ,
Finger Paintings
By Pupils Shown
An exhibition of finger painting,
done by pupils in the fourth grade
at the Fall Creek and Central
schools, is on display at the Cor-
nell (City) Library.
The finger painting technique is
used in the Ithaca public schools
by children not yet adapted to
brush painting. It is a simpler
method and gives better results,
if let t-,
Mrs. Dorothy Law, children's li- Freda Mae Ward, Mari !�_x Eli-
brarian said. zabeth Brazo, Richard Knight, and
The paintings on exhibit were Marilyn McGraw.
done during art periods in ,school
under the direction of Miss Marian
Davenport. Each painting tells a
story of the child's own invention,
and each includes a descriptive
story written by the child. Paint-
ings will be on exhibit for about,
two weeks.
Cdildren contributing to the dis-
play include Marjorie Brown
Fanny Tripodi, Jimmy Ru4sell,,
Louie Tripodi, Afary Louise Adams,
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Library Givenl
650 Books
For Soldiers
More than 650 books, including
about 300 collected on Victory Book
Day, Friday, Apr. 17, have bee
turned in to the Cornell (City) Li-
brary for distribution to the Army,
Miss Helen Ludlow, librarian, an-
nounced today.
Most of the books are acceptable,
Miss Ludlow stated, and persons
seem to have selected them with
care. Local contributions have
swelled the total in Ithaca to more
than'5,000, nearly tripling the city's
quota, Miss Ludlow added.
Books for Victory Book Day
were collected by the local fire sta-
tions and delivered to the library,
where they will be sorted and clas-
sified.
Miss Ludlow added that the li-
brary will accept further contribu-
tlons, especially books on military
science and tactics, and the lives
of well-known soldiers. Persons are
asked to bring their hooks to the
Library as soon as possible, to fa-
cilitate completion of the local
campaign.
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