Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-11-02 | Page 4 | Reading Good Books

; Reading Good Book VTO MAN is the same after reading a, book. ' The turning point In many lives Is found on the printed page. The book, well read, leaves Its Imprint on the character of the individual. In' the main,' reading spells progress, atlhough sometimes the questionable volume Impels Its reader in the opposite direction. Reading, however, in the present day Is a problem a problem of selection. More than lever before the Individual who would derive the maximum benefit from his reading must select his books with discrimination. So much is printed in the present day that the reader cannot hope to travel all of the avenues that are openj to him. 'He must chart his reading as he would I a trip abroad. . j Books are just as Important In the growth! of the child. Our boys and girls 'are swayed by. the books which are placed within their reach. There wis a time when it was believed that children's books were intended only to provide pro-vide pastime. The effect of their reading on their future was given little or no consideration. Of course, parents did frown upon the paper back .literature, but at the same time they sanctioned books which carried little more educational or constructive value. In the literature of today there Is a chance for every Juvenile reader to' learn while reading for pastime. There is also a chance for him to get Into mischief as. a result of. his reading just as much as when Nick Carter and Diamond Dick were the Juvenile heroes of the day. Every child should be surrounded by good books not dull books which appear to the Juvenile mind as bitter pellets of learning, but books which deal with his or her own problems books which appeal to them by reason of their interest and at the same time encourage a wholesome philosophy phil-osophy of life. In every part of the country Children's Book week will be observed, beginning November 12. The purpose ofthemovementJs:la give-every child an opportunity to mingle with the best books In the home, In the school and in the public library. It is In this association that the child will find the books which wil! hz'.p him most without mixing with the contaminaton which comes of books which do not measure ip to the best standards. Parents cannot force good books upon their children without risking the creation of an antagonism to our greatest source of learn-! Ing and progress. If, however, children are per-j mitted to choose their book companions from' the best there l the result will be the same from! the parents' viewpoint and better for the children.!