CHILDREN ENTERTAINED.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18414, 22 June 1925, Page 2

CHILDREN ENTERTAINED.

. - - STORY-TELLING AT LIBRARY. Every child likes to be told a story, aud all mothers knew how eagerly her little ones will listen to a fairy talc selected by her at bedtime. Mother's stock of. stories is, however, limited, and is soon used up if she has to tell more than one every night. Even if the child were to hear twice as many stories as it does in the ordinary way, it is likely that its appetite in this direction would still be unsatisfied. In order that the children'B desires in this respect' should bo gratified the Canterbury College Board of Governors decided to institute a weekly story hour for children at the Public Library, and the first of the series was held on Saturday morning in the presence of an attentive audience of girls and boys. In introducing Miss Elliott, organiser and adviser to the Anglican Sunday Schools in the Christchurch district, Mr H. D. Acland, chairman of the Canterbury College-Board of Governors, expressed pleasure at seeing so many children present. The story-telling movement, ho explained, was popular in America and other parts of the world, and he was of the opinion that its inauguration in Christchurch would mark a new era in the life of the Public Library. Miss Elliott then entertained the children, who listened • with wholehearted interest to her stories, which included: "The Pied Piper," "The Moon and the "Wind," "The Miraculous Pitcher," "The Song of Old Man Kangaroo," "The Golden Goose," "St. George and the Dragon," and "The Bong That Travelled."