and Plenty to watch, were written for his own little soQt~· Jonreed Lauritzen, whose Arrows into the sun and Ordeal of the young hunter, have made the old Southwest live through the eyes of a Navajo youth; Florence Wightman Rowland, who tells in ~ dragons of the unforgetable yearning of a small Chinese river-boat boy to set foot on Mother Earth; Leonard Wibberly, who bas pictured pirates, murder, and mystery in the Caribbean Sea in his absorbing book, Deadmen's Cave and Leigh Merrell, who tells of another Indian youth's adventures in Tenocb.
Reservations are $2.50 per person. They may be made with. any member of the Children's Division, but must be made prior to April 29.
CHILDREN March turned out to be a sort of special children's month at the Library; MAKE NEWS two additional children's librarians were appointed to the Staff. Dividing
the service of each between two branches permitted us to cater to the youngsters of four cormnunities that never before have had the services of a children's librarian• .
Mrs. Helen Keene, at Temple City Mondays and Tuesdays and at Rosemead on Fridays, and Rosalee Wright, at Compton Mondays and Tuesdays and at Downey on Fridays, have been enthusiastically welcomed. Mrs. Keene reports seveyal school classes have made arrangements for library visits and she has already received fifteen registrations for her pre-school story hour.
Mrs. Jessie Reinburg, Childrenvs Librarian who joined the Staff last January at the Inglewood Branch, will hereafter divide her time with Hawthorne, permitting Hawthorne also to ha~e the service of a children°s librarian for the first time.
FROM THE BRANCHES DIVISION
YOUNG Mrs. Frances Greene and Virginia Ossen are credited with successfully ADULTS launching the "Young Book Revi ewers Club" which held its first meeting
this month at Downey. Fourteen members attended, including representatives from the branches at Artesia, Dominguez, and Paramount in addition to those from Downey.
Last fall each of the branch li brarians in the Bellflower region was asked to recruit three or four teen-age patrons who would enjoy reading and reporting on approval books for the young adult collection. The response was good. The youngsters themselves expressed a desire for a get=acquainted meeting and the date of March 10 was arranged. Eight girls and six boys0 ranging in age' from 13 to 17, attended the first session.
Purpose of the activity0 new for this area0 is to determine what books and authors the readers of those ages p~eter when they read solely for their own enjoyment. That each took his task seriously was illustrated by the vaTious annotations ranging from enthusiastic approval t o outright condemnation.
After the meeting one of the 15 year old boys said he thought there should be more religious novels in the library like The Robe and The Silver Chalice. A father who had escorted his 13-year old twins from their home in Artesia said he would be only too happy t o bring his sons to any meeting the group might hold.
It is hoped this initial session will be the forerunner of many others.
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