In this age of television, strange enough to say, the production and sale of good books for young people have been increasing most of them pleasant books, clever, well-illustrated, well-printed, widely sold. But I do try to suggest below how certain books for young people work benevolently upon those faculties which are distinctively human. Necessarily, for the lack of space and time, I omit some books which are favorites with my children and me. So I set down here brief remarks about a select few books calculated to rouse the imagination of children. For the number of good books for young people is large, and it increases every year. In recommending books to be read by young people from the age of seven to the age of twelve, say-that is, from the third grade through the sixth grade, roughly speaking-this critic’s problem is not paucity, but plenitude. Special Report for the Textbook Evaluation Committee of America’s Future, Inc., Index No.
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