Show Kiddies' Kiddies Picture Book Tells of Toy Soldiers Soldier's Diverting Adventures By MARY G. G BONNER 1 Clever Bill by William Nicholson Nicholson Nich Nich- NichI I olson Doubleday Doran is is' simply simply sim sim- ply a long Jong slim sUm picture book Under Under Under Un Un- der th the various pictures are captions Which tell the story of the little gl girl l who went away to visit her aunt and who had great difficulty In packing her things so much so that in the end she had to leave out the toy soldier Bill Davis You see him left behind tears streaming from his eyes yes and his proud roud bearing bent over ovel with the misery of havin having been forgotten But not for long Up he Jumps and then he lie starts to run and amid picture after picture picture pic pie ture shows him him running to meet his dear deal owner In the end Well Vell he isn't he is named Clever Bill t Its It's not at all aU like the usual picture picture pic plc- ture book hook but it Is very ery Cry in in- in Other books I would list for fot young children are re Hill HIlI by byGrace byGrace byGrace Grace Taber Tabel Hallock illustrated by hy Harr e Wood Dutton a fairy tale Rag House Tales by Mae Foster Jay Wilde and The Tomboy Cousin by Barbara Ring Stokes This last story has a Norwegian setting J J. L L. Ethel did the translation but the pictures are quite dull If you would like to know of or a book of simple little prayers for your our children Gwendolin Watts has written and compiled a book called The Childrens Children's Kingdom Knopf and Susan Frances Perrin has hag illustrated it |