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Show Book 7eek provides occasion to stress importance of reading Book Week and Education Week have a special significance signifi-cance for " students of the Brookside School, since Frank Robertson, well-known author, visited the school this week, at the invitation of the faculty. In interesting manner, Mr. Robertson told how he became a writer and explained some general principles followed by writers. Students exhibited considerable interest. Also during the week, special spec-ial story periods were conducted conduct-ed to stimulate interest in new books. Colorful posters were displayed together with gay verses, book displays and pictures pic-tures to call attention to the wonders of good books. Parents and mends were invited in-vited to visit the school during the week to see what is being done to impress on the minds of students, the importance of reading good books. Public library Book Week has also furnished furn-ished an occasion to display many lovely new books in the children's department of the public library. As the boys and girls visit the library, they are shown the new books and given bits of information on those in which they are interested. Librarians are concentrating on children's books tfiis week, in an effort to remind young people of what books can mean, what good books there are, what old books may have been forgotten and to re-emphasize what fine new books have recently arrived at the library li-brary and what fun i'. can be to become acquainted with them. Per capita consumption of peanuts in the United States was about 5 pounds in 1962. |