The Huron Expositor, 1978-12-21, Page 37• At:0Mo/
, BY WARNER TROYER •
Editor's Note: This week the
Expositor begins a'new bobk
review cOlurnii by 'Award
Winning Canadian journalist
• • Warner Troyer. We welcome
reader. .reaction pro or cons.
Suggestions. that television
has deprived children of the
ability pr •incentive: to 'read
strike me, like most
genetalizations, as
•.•
s e
glossary and description Of flatulence: , • -
the leading 'characters'. of This book will • clearly
the story, from duckweed to, 'carouse subjective response
water striders, •• • among, `parents; 'mine is
Val - Clery's prose is , entirely positive, I like the
SirnOle, wara,1,, natural,. The Examples:
!close-ups” of -• ladybug; -InSicte yout nose are
praying mantis, snail,' frog's special smell-CollectOrs:
„eye are enchanting. • They send the smelts 'along a
'Mar:A-MESS THE ogon - pathway called a nerve. The
by frank Mdir.' Illustrated tnerve goes to your' brain.
by. Joseph'Wright: Published Totir brain thinks about the
by Ernest Berm If• it is a good food
Distributed by Musson. yourbrain'.niakes you
$6.25; "feel hungry. Your mouth fills
them into a single 'probe
narrative. ; This 448-page
book is his tribute to Franke,
and .a fitting memorial to
Canadian artist WilliaM
Korelek; who died, at, fifty,
• in 1977.
The fables' have charm; wit
and point; be warned that,. as
with many Such boas, much
H of the language is beyond the
'wjealmlary of small children
and will need explanation.
("reptoack. .remorse.
• .divulge.. ':disillusioned.
. preoccupied.") Nonetheless
-stirring reading,..geod read-
aloud fare.' .The plack an ;t
'white drawings are fun.
Good, • I'd imagine, for
children of five or six up to
ten or so.
jacket (a vulnerable and • prose pichtte•(with drawing)
:temporary' covering • with of how,. the Vrjark works.
most kids' books) y9,1411..fnid There ate simple ex-
the same cover Photeprinted plajtatiOns,• too, • of
on the hard• cover: And• on physiological; acts and, -ie
the last. page is a brief" . ponses' from sneezes to
TWo bonuses: under the dust ,work; there seven,a impl
•
The copper contest sUpper '
Was held at the Walton Unit
Christmas.: meeting ' "
Thursday ', eyining,,
I-teem:her 14 when the loSing
_Side prepared a delicious
sapper 'in the basement of
the : church. Christmas'
decorations showed thel spirit '
Of the festive 'season. There"
were, 36 members and
friends sat down to decorated
tables folloWing the Grace.;
Mts: Gordon. Murray leader
.
of the winning ; side
exPresSed.her thanksto Mrs.
B. ' Mitchell: and 'the losing
side.
• After supper an exchange
of giftS. were in thairge of
Mrs. Roily Achilles and Mrs'.
- Sadie McDonald. Everyone'
told wh their gift Was from
with t mks. The .winning
side,: we . asked to wear a
Christmas Apron,, the prize
• going to• Mrs.-.G. Murray: '
• Christmas Carat were
sung: accompaied by Mrs. ....--.
Ray Huether at *her' piaOo
.Mrs. Ron': Bennett read
Poem "What is Christmas",
The Christmas Story Was. •
read by Mrs. 5, Humphries
with singing • Of carols'
intervals: .Mrs N. Bkid read'
' scriptare,.and itied#419u • on
"Its•Christmas" jolloWed by
`prayer. This closed :the
devotional part. • t
Mrs. ;HoWarci }Inkwell
brought in the .slate
' officers for 1979 as follows:
President, Mrs. Allan
McCall; • Vice-President,'
Mrs, • Ala GilatZen;
Sectetaty, ; • Mrs. Howard '
HaCkweil;•• Treasurer, ',Mrs.
Mac . • 'Sholdice; Supper
Committee, • Mrs. Ernie
Stevens; Mrs. Harold
Bolger; Mrs. BillThain.errShd
Mrs.:Allan Searle; Quilt
CcMimittee; Mrs. Nelson
Reid, Mrs. Frank Kirkby,
Mrs: belie Watson and Mrs.
Gordon Murray; Copper
Contest . leaders, Mrs:
Pauline Gultitzen.snd Mrs.
•
:'Judy Ernnlrich; Visiting
i!ts. Edna Rockwell;
Friends from this area of
"Mrs , Edna .McDonald will
regret to hear that -she fell
cowing out of the: Senior
, Citizens ApaFtments
Brussels last SattirdttY.
breaking her arm and elbow.
and. 'is a patient in g6Sfotth
COMMunity Hospital. We
wish her • a -huccessful
recovery.
.and Joan spent ,Sunday with
Mr: and Mrs. Ren Bennett
Mrs. *Pat Bennett, Seaforth,
celebrating an 'early
ChristMas.
Mrs. Gertie. Bennett has,
been ' moved back to
'Huronview •following a 'sheort '
i?straeyilciainCglihnqtornilHipo,S.,P,ital 'after
Mr. and Mrs. Rolly
Saturday„vAischitiilnlegS;jetryspesntthiliesa t his
home at Bellwood near
Fergus,
dray , lidethe and
Searle ettende the funeral
of Mrs, atindeFs, •
mother .of Gordon Saunders
last TueSday at.tioyal Oak,
Michigan, ,
Little Crystal ' ;Ruth,.
-daughter of Walker and
Shirley klertlein Of Londe!' is
'spending a month with Mr.
and • Mrs. 'Clint Eimarleh
while her • parents ate r
holidaying Germany.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Watson
'spent a day last week with.
Mr. and IvIts.:Rob Harris of .
London, ' Sandra returned
with her grandparents -and
visited • a day ' with' her
parents, Mr..-and Mrs.
'Gerald Watson..
, 'May ,the Peace
and joy of "the
first Christmas
tulle be yours,
.•
Maythe simple country
joys`-of Christmas be yourst'Happy
holidays_:to you . and „your family!
fem"Y,
fourteen-iSh: '
• I AND glogOGGY
"- by ctonstance C: Greene.
Illustrated by Emily,
^ McCully. ,PuhliShed by the
Viking Press. $9.50.
The "I" of the title is a,
Manhattan urchin , named
"Adam who. ...lives inan
apartment with his- divOrced
mother, commercial artist
with. hair almost "long
enought to sit. on:" Sproggy
'is a newly-Met British step-
sister,- . daughter of :,his
Ather's:seCond Wife,•pist twd
liionths • older than Adam.
!,the plot'• revolves around.
jealousy/dislike. Of
the girl, living, now, with a
father he had seen only once
in .four years betweeti--his:
parents'-separation and the
father's' return' froM London
between three and• about -seem to 'Teffect the most wobbles rn the :Air. The ,by, Helen . Chetin. tO.New York with :new wife
even yeht4. VA'1,hill„•is a; charming nientories.,p1 other r wotihles . called • Illustrated:, by*Anirsi, Kurfir; dau$hter4 ra ate.
° house for an ant,” it begins,. books vibrations."' And, so •on. Published, by :Peter 'Martin There is also a wise-
cracking parrot (Barton) and ' "A hiVe is a house • for a bee,' ,like this one, in Britain. This. , The „ section , Associates. $7.95. ,
A hole is /1., holl§e•-forr. a thole tale of What-a-.mess, a lar "OroWing and, changing. and The product • an a warm and lovahie handy
Or a Mouse, and a house: is a gish, •• honey-colodred dog, .making new: deals American writer who; lived Man ..Charlie who works- in
house.' for me!" 'The il- and hi§deterMined efforts' to explicitly and directly with for .thirteen years .in Calgary
lustrations are' ,delight and 'help out' by • ridding his liuman•reprocitiCtioM I think:k and a young, Canadian
7 the • whole book,. as all . home. of three ants is just with thoughtfidness, 'under- artist, :this is: the touching
elutdren'8 •bobks shoUld i , right fol. a ' twenty-rninute 'standing anc1good taste: "itsott, story of a ten-year,old prairie A
begs for reading •alond,,nir pre-bpd :read. The tiny May not, so check it out farni!git4 awaking to ;Some %et
this Verse:: ;;ax animals, men, insects before yod buy this book. ' • of the ' realities and re
• -Barrels, are hodses -for playing out 'their, own fates, i I promise yoU this is ..sponsibilities of adult life...
Pickles ' , • the , margins and .back- the best set of answers to (No, it's not about sexual „
Adam's apartment building:
The-book comes highly-re-
commended "(by reSpectable
folk in'children's book-
stores.) My feeling is that ten
to twelve-Year-old . yang-
.stors would probably enjoy . . it, The dialogue is' crisp :and
'with it', •The setting Will
seem' like Mars to children
unacctisterneci to very lailge
cities and the line :drawings
in my-view, add nothing. But
•
Adam is real• kid in many
respects,and his melodramas
are the real, daily .frustra-
'lions-Of-being-ten. Adain is a
shade too: sophisticated, to e . true, but likeable.
(If you'have no access, o a
bookstore, • you may der
any of the hooks review 11, or
any. hardcOlier shooks,by '
sending a cheque 'or • ney
order' to:'RinaisSance om-
iintinications, 115.-Melrose ,
Avenue, Toronto MSM 1Y8.)
" observations of my, own and
gloomy notions. But its, cleat
Other children support those
nensense;, nor do MY
that ty•-Watching bours ' are
.subtracted ftom tittle' that
Atight he spent' reading may- ,
be at the expense,, for, smile
children, of ,the mind-
- Stretching pleasures of print
Anyway, the ChriSimas •
season provides a chance to':
encourage interest in books,
with gifts of exciting reading;
so, herewith an assessment,
of 'a clutch of this year's crop:
A HOUSE IS A HOUSE FOR
ME
- by Mary .Ann HObertnan;
illustrated by Betty Fraser.:
• Published by The Viking,
• •Press...36.95, • •
This 48:-page picture boOk
„is gorgeous and•apPropriate,
Thirty-WO pages of bright, with spit, ready to, eat the •
lyrical, engaging fantasy. ..goedigthelliiig food.''
guess, for any Children
THE LADY OF THE
The colours I. and patterns,' Or: "'Sauna are,made by STRAWBERRIES
wise-cracking . teffryear-old
•
And hottles are houseS for grounds-Of the _pages are aris- some. of those confusing awaking.) The drawings
ian j, , ‘: • . added delight. Fun to read :questions ioto kids have that (there are just font. in the • -
A' pot , is 'a spetfor aloud: Ages three, to seven is You' are likely to encounter in 89-page text, oneon the di.*
potatoeS,
eft%
• my 'guess. Buy it for a "'a, long time: I'd say ok for jacket) are simple, agreeably, 4lbrad
A sandwich is. home. for' . three-year . old, at seven kids from five to . ten or. • done if somewhat stylized.
some _ham., they'll still like It; and reedit •
Lovely, . to- you, some, night. .• • -
A DAY IN THE,, WOODS THE' BODY BOOK
created and photographed;
`by Noel Keenan. Text by Vai ,
Clery. Pitblished by Gfeey de.
Fender Books, $6.95. r'
This 32-page photo'bOok •is
the 'story': of Rory Keenan,
the photographer's' son, and
his- Meeting and friendship
with a baby raccoon. The
pictures, fruits of two sum:-
;-:-tnerS • exposure of 2;000
.coloured slides, are evocative
of much that's most tnemor-
•able 'around bush and
strewn. This firSt•beek to be
published by Owl:Magazine,
in ceoperation with Greey de
Poncier is a...t.cital pleasdre, -
ideal for gills and hoy.S.ftom .
any 'age 'up to nine or . ten.
- by Claire Rayne. Illustrated
by ,Tony King.° Published by':
Andre -Deutsch. Distributed
Collins Publishers. $7.95.
: Claire Rayner is a. British'
noVelist and' medical Journal'
liSt.' She has written this
44-page book, with its witty.
King drawings, to, deSCribe
and explain just about every
Major bodily ,functiori,.: from
birth to death,! with stop's*,
the way to explain digestion,
breathing, • circulation; in-`
fection, •:•teproatictio • the
way the physicalsenses
. mom mu • ma min mu NUN
ANK RATE FINANCIN
ele-ven.. Let me know wh.at•
you. think. If yod think -the
hook- toe • explicit for' -Your,
kids, huy, it for yourself; 'to
help With these awkward
cittestions. • •
FOX ISITIO7A
Translated by Bohilan
Mejnyk. Illustrated • by
William Kurelek‘lublished
by. Tundra Books. $12.95. •
Ivan Franko's 1890 fables
of the Sty Fox draw on, every
human frailty in their satiric
'assaults. 'on Pomposity,
greed, vanity and so cm: Mr.
Melnyk first literally tranS-
-lated .the 25 verse Wilds into
Enliish Verse; then melded
I Was specially pleased
(°.beeause the story 'deals, with,
Seine Wit and sense, with thee:
special problem'S', and 'needs
of children whose parentS
-have separated-and that's
one-Child-in-'every,:three, in.
,Canada 'today:. The plot Is
direct and, uncomplicated,,
the language clear and ap-
pealing,'as is Jessica,,the
young lady who is dter-:,
mined to grow her• own fresh
'strawberries...The 'lady' of:
the: title is the, scatectow
(Scare-Tobin) she constructs
- to aid in her goal. Good stuff.
Probably for boys and girls (I
hope betwee'd •eight' and
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