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Show fJar BooIig The following new books have been added to the library shelves. "MOON BEAR, " by Frank Asch, describes a bear who admires the moon and worries when he sees it getting get-ting smaller each night. He tninks it is under-nourished and sets out honey for it. Not knowing the birds are eating it, he almost starves himself to feed the moon until one of the birds sets him straight. Asch's brown and gold illustrations illus-trations give added appeal to the story. "My Noah's Ark," by M.B. Goffstein, is of an elderly person as she tells of her father's carving an ark and animals for her. The ark becomes a treasured possession posses-sion that is later shared with her children. The spare figures in the illustrations, which are framed with thin lines, match the sincere quality of the narration. A BIRTHDAY Wish," by Ed Emberley, is a wordless picture book in pretty colors. The story is an amusing chain of events that make a mouse's birthday wish come true. "Kate's Secret Riddle Book," by Sid Fleischman, tells of Wally as he teases his sick friend, Kate, by giving her the answer to a riddle but not the riddle. Kate's brother tries to find the riddle and in doing this, he gathers other riddles that he and Kate make into a book. A smoothly written writ-ten story with pleasing informal infor-mal pictures. "EACH PEACH Pear Plum," by Janet and Alan Ahlberg, is a book of simple two-line verses and clever illustrations which make an enjoyable guessing game for children, with fairy tale and nursery rhyme people flitting in and out of the pages, to reappear together at the end in a "curtain call" finale. Other arrivals include: "George and Martha One Fine Day", by James Marshall; "Grasshopper On The Road", by Arnold Lobel; "The Wounded Wolf", by Jean Craighead George; "Playtime", by Cynthia Mitchell; "Carrie's Gift", by Efner Tudor Holmes; "When Will I Read?" by Miriam Cohen; "I Am Eyes Ni Macho", with words by Leila Ward and pictures by Nonny Hogragian; "Mouse Six and the Happy Birthday", by Miska Miles; and "Dinner At Albreta's", by Russell Hoban. |
