Gift Book for Children
It is not always easy to remember what it feels like to be a child, but nearly every woman, if she thinks hard enough, will remember a little girl who loved to make fairy palaces with moss and flower petals, or who was breathless with excitement when she found a fairy ring among the grass. Such women will appreciate the book of verses by Alice A. Kenny,
entitled "The Good Goblin,’ and published by A, H. & A. W. Reed. But these verses are not written for grown-ups; though mothers would enjoy reading them to the young folk as a bed-time treat, they express the child’s point of view. Listen to this list of "Nice Things,’ and see if it doesn’t awaken memories: Little dogs and cats for play, The tool shed on a rainy day; Finding lost balls in the hedge, When they cut the weedy edge; Hidey holes in grass and briars, And little smoking garden fires. So you mothers, and grandmothers, and aunts, who are looking for a book to please the younger folk, remember these verses by a New Zealand poet.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 7, 11 August 1939, Page 10
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188Gift Book for Children New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 7, 11 August 1939, Page 10
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