FOR PARENTS AND OTHERS.
ABOUT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN. By Dorothy Neal White. N.Z. Council for Educational Research in conjunction with ‘the N.Z. Library Association. OR parents who take seriously their responsibili‘ies to their ch ldren (and those who don’t should not be. parents at all), Dorothy Neal White’s survey of what is worthwhile in children’s literature is itself the most worthwhile literary investment which has appeared this year. Indeed, the only criticism which suggests itself is the rather querulous one that the book did not arrive in time to be recommended for Christmas buying-or asa guide to Chr:stmas buying. As the author points out, long after parents become enlightened about the food, the clothes, and the behaviour of their children, they persist in cherishing a sentimental and unrealis‘ic attitude towards children’s books. But it m‘ ght also have been -pointed out that this parental attitude has persisted simply because no serious attempt was made (until now) to correct it. Mrs. White is, in fact, pioneering in her own chosen sphere just as Sir Truby King did in his-and if our children are to have well-developed minds as well as healthy bodies, her field is scarcely the lesé important.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 401, 28 February 1947, Page 21
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198FOR PARENTS AND OTHERS. New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 401, 28 February 1947, Page 21
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