FOR YOUNG READERS

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28750, 22 November 1958, Page 3

FOR YOUNG READERS

. X .STTRS. by Don -u_—m gives an k ■ < If-week riding .. ur £-r_g_in r-dmg school z i_ew of Diana ® -.cViUr pup There as young : pr*piarmg for the Snroety s examina- . ?—j-rr. r.ary Instructors’ a-f £n-wn_ Mr Stani m.ir: _gn knowledge and it is clear m route far the slugThe : . nr .d stable ■ fcm-xp-'ntena t-innertar;.- and adJ Be--~: « i._ld oe of con-imii-t-r: m the young fe vis: u ;- xi -u> to perB” x.-r Horsemanship. . zy Sheila i i.u-roean Horse Trials " and the book • t-ms and white < - zy Ronald - r - • y Press». 7 f early British - A_n**r.:a and events ; r.f Hattie f Ticon- • • ear up <o the r. me Heights of .» z»:-zk. does not L*p Welch’s a C-rnegie .5 nero. Alan • - n£ man type. ..fe-s.ze. In■r rharacters are - ar.y way comre moral theme. -• mdicate sus- » a: cards, is i -em.a.-cauie for the Z ru s.-er.e. the tense I : rest fighting c*^<rp-t-i.nr of battle fc ■. v c_ipu despite the prr.mjn are expertly Jt - Tr.e whole • i- -£ a: a spanking • -u : . ery readable. The ru are by William a •

n’ It is good to see three we’ln known little books by the Amerig can writer Lois Lenski now being jliput out by the Oxford University a ( Press. They are THE LITTLE •e’sAIL BOAT. COWBOY SMALL, g’and PAPA SMALL. The first, k e which was published in America i-‘2O years ago. is about Captain s’ Small, who has a sail boat of his i- own, and the day that he and his go fishing. Cowboy Small ir .has a horse named Cactus, and , I together they ride the range, •’ mend fences, sleep out at night e and round up the cattle for brande|ing. At the beginning of this l_ 'book there is a list of unfamiliar i-1 words from the text. Papa Small g is a family man. Each morning >I Papa Small goes off to work and the small Smalls help Mama a Small at home. Papa Small helps Is around the house, too. and trie kjweek is full of activities which •ci children will recognise with pleasure as similar to their own. The a appeal of these little books is in > j their simple but well-rounded h and satisfying plots: the pages are s uncrowded, and each full page | picture is accompanied by simple o;and large text which is an in)f I vitation for the child to read it. )t|Lois Lenski is a wise observer, s and these books, which are dee* signed for the three to six-year-n! olds, and are among the first a ».! child will encounter, deserve their long-lived popularity. e i The inevitable mystery at a i ‘-jbovs’ college is the theme of y I MYSTERY AT MARDALE. by y Eric Leyland (Nelson), and it is 15 1 a good sample of the sort of r * boarding school fiction which e small boys have always liked. p The wrong person is suspected as ® the criminal, but justice triumphs X in the end, after some remarkv ably spooky adventures. MYSe TERY AT 'QUEEN’S, by Sylvia g Little (Nelson) is a companion e piece for girls—suspenseful, ron mantic and an ideal schoolgirl I mystery.