Show mmmmm 'mmuhnwrn READING! CHARLES ing — something to fit every family's taste A few weeks ago in This Week Professor Frank Baxter observed that whatever television provides for children it can only serve as an introduction to reading and never as a substitute for it 1 couldn’t agree more And 1 think you will find that literature when read aloud is better comprehended than when it is read silently although the reverse is true of books on philososubjects phy mathematics and other May I suggest that this evening is as good a time to start as any? An hour will be more than enough Take turns reading If you find it difficult to select material for this first session I think you can get a good start with the 139th Psalm the short story you find in this issue of This Week anything of James Thurber Mark Twain or O Henry non-litera- The important thing Make it Fan When you start getting tired stop — you don’t have to finish your reading in one session If a story is dull drop it immediately Experiment Try a short story a chapter from a novel a poem 2 Talk in Yonr ry rr Um Ear to give it a try Don’t was intended for the that literature forget great ear as well as the eye Indeed it originated with is early storytellers who spun their tales in the glow of campfires It is inspirational music that has stood the test of time and it is yours all yours just for the asking I would like to repeat Mr Hersey’s splendid slogan: “If school is where learning to read belongs home is where happiness in reading belongs” That sums it up (See box at right) LAUGHTON'S Natural Voice You're not running for office or trying out for The Old Vic Use the voice you always use 3 Don’t Go Arty If you choose a book you think you ought to like rather than one you really READING like both you and your listeners are bound to be bored Don't Molest Yonr Listeners If they want to knit or sew or whittle that’s fine Don’t require rapt attention and thereby make listening an unpleasant duty 4 Stop Reading Start Talking Sharing the reading of a book is a fine family experience but it becomes especially rewarding when you share the ideas that come from it That is its greatest reward 5 W hen Yon THIS WEEK'S RE FROM THE BIBLE The Psalms selections from Proverbs stories from the Old Testament religious concepts from the New Testament NOVELS Twain: “Adventures of Tom Sawyer” “Huckleberry Finn” “A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur’s Court” Dumas: “Three Musketeers” TIPS ADING-ALOU- LIST D Dickens: "Oliver Twist’’ “David Copperfield” "The wick Papers” many others ster" Pick- PLAYS Shakespeare: "Hamlet” ’’Macbeth” “Merchant of Venice” "Romeo and Juliet" Modern plays: "Teahouse of the August Moon" “The King and I” editions of collected plays SHORT STORIES The Family d Book of Short Stories “Sherlock Holmes” “Ghostly Tales To Be Told" Best-Love- by Basil Davenport "The Devil and Daniel Web in by Stephen Vincent Benet POETRY Best-Love- d "The Family Book of Poems" BUKOS eater to ( DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY ) Young in yean or young at heart you'll agree— 'They're for me!'' Post 40 Bran Flakes taste so good! Easy d to see why they're the bran-flak- e cereal of them all And they're help prevent good for you too most-wante- irregularity due to lack of bulk in diet So— for that healthy outlook— start enjoying Post 40 FOR GOODNESS SAKE— GET Bran Flakes today POST 40 SPAN FLAKES h 21 |