Children’s inventors’ exposition

Press, 6 May 1983, Page 6 (Supplement)

Children’s inventors’ exposition

An inventors’ exposition is being held by The Children’s Bookshop to celebrate the arrival of a new book, “The Rubber Band Helicopter, and 20 other working things to make,” by Stephen Barnett and Christine Brown.

The Inventors’ Scientific Exposition is being held especially for all the boys and girls who like fiddling around with rubber bands, batteries and paper darts.

The competition is open to all children under 15, and will be held in St Saviour’s Anglican Church Hall, next to the bookshop, at 210 Colombo Street, Beckenham, on Friday, May 20. Entry forms with further details are available at The Children’s Bookshop now, and the judges will include Ken Ellis.

There are four categories, each with a $2O book token as first prize, and copies of “The Rubber Band Helicopter” for runners up: 1. Best mobile model using rubber bands.

2. The most original moving model constructed from recycled material.

3. The best battery-oper-ated model built by an entrant.

4. The longest-flying and best visually-designed paper dart.

If you can not remember

when you last bought a book for your children, perhaps your family is suffering from “book starvation.”

Storytime with preschoolers also needs an input of new picture books or both the storyreader and listener can get a trifle jaded.

Keeping up with your family’s reading takes time and effort but the benefits are endless.

Just arrived in paperback at The Children’s Bookshop is the latest Roald Dahl title, “George’s Marvellous ' Medicine,” which together with all his other titles, should prove popular during the holidays.

There are also Dorothy Butler’s favourites, like the “Mr Gumpy” books, “Each Peach, Pear, Plum” or “Where is the Green Parrot,” for young children, and plenty of “Tin Tin” and “Asterix” titles for older readers.

Teenagers are well provided for at the “Wild Five” and “Wishing Star” stand, and books from Tolkien to Zindel from the serious to the lighthearted. For creative children of all ages who like to make and do, the impressive new stand of the Dover Craft range will be a pleasure. These reasonably-priced books will introduce your whole family to a variety of

new interests with books on calligraphy, paper dolls, doll house wallpapers, or fascinating books of mazes, colouring and transfer books.