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November 12, 1926 WILMETTE LIFE 39 Library Sponsors Annotations by Grade Pupils The Fortun e of the Indies ...... Price "I like this hook because it is about a little girl and her two big brothers ihe boys go to China the girl follow~ . ' for a treasure. the!". Th . ey are IO<;>kt!lg f ltkc tt because tt Is so exciting."Chester Hanson, grade 6, Central school. .The Secret Garden ........... Burn~tt "'I like the Secret Garden bc~ausc it is about a little girl who never liked -anyone and how s he learned to like every b o d y. , - Margaret Hughes grade 6 Laurel school. ·' Prince and Pauper ...... Mark Twain "This is .an interesting book becau se · ~ · 1t te II s a b out anctent tngland and its customs. It al so gives me an idea of h ~ e way trf":PS .~n~ beggars of that fi a~ g~ a ~v1~ g. -:- onh Thale, grade tFl ra~cts F avter sc ool. "eA Fammhgo ·cat her .. : . .... Monroe rene 1 )Oy goes wtth a band of colonizers and goes out for supplies The book is quit e excitinO" .··' -Frecl~ . k C ,. ., enc allanen, grade G St. Francis Xavier school. ' · The Lucky Sixpence ............ Knipe .. The story is about an English girl who comes over to America d · tl · ' .~.rtJhng lC Rev-oltttt'on to 1 Amerl·~an 1 .. ve w1 some of her American cousins. She is on the Amert'can st'<lc , 1 . 10wever, an d h as many interesting ad ·ent , M J;ne Curtis grari 6._ S\t F ure s: -X ·~ry · e · · · rancts . a\ 1er _ , chool. Iteres ted 1h. · - GRADE 7 · · Rebecca of Sunnyr>rook Farm , . -Kate \Viggi n , · I t!lmk Rebe~xa o.f. Sunnybrook I' arm IS a very .mteresttng. bo~k be('attse. Rebe~ca IS very mt sch1evous. She Is. staymg with an elderly aunt 'lnd trtes h d t I h b · very ar o P ease cr, ut does not succeed very well as her aunt · ld 1· · 1~ v,c;ry ~ anc I S not used to a gay ltfe. -Allee Edm onds, grade 7 Howard school. , The Land of the Long Nighb - Paul du Chaillu "I l'k th b k t , . . · . h _ t e e oo ?<'cau:-.e. 111 tt t. e agthor t~lls o.f many mtere sttng- stones a ouht t e wtld ammals of the Jl}Ost nort ern part of Sweden. and relates any sfo . I I 1 · I: m, )Out t 1e peop e d ot t 11s region,, nes H a11 B. · - school aro ( 0 s 1 )Orn · gra e 7- ' Howard . · . The SBoy W1th the l'n1tcd States Life avers "I like this story hecau ~c it tells about the different thin g;~ that happen nn the o~ean . "-Rohert Hemm, grade 7, Howard school. .\-f art in Hyde, the Duke's Messenger .. . -John .Masefield I ltke the book becau se tt tells of the a~ventures of a boy about my age :nc~ Ius many narrow ~scapes. He was c~ctmg really a mans part, full of ~langer.. T,~1at is what made .it very mterestmg. -Arno vo n . Remsperg, grade 7, Howard school. The Black Arrow .......... Stevenson "I liked this book because it was full of adventure of the olden times and has lots of d fi h . 't d h goo . g ts 111 1 an, as a mvs t erv woven mto the ston· -Jack n· d 7 B H -. uncan,. gra e - · oward school. T?,e Crmse of ~he Cach~lot ...... Bullen The. book IS. very .mtercstmg because 1t deals With thnlls, and that is usuall,Y what I read a book fo;. It also contams a good deal of tmportant facts. It tells of a whale-man's life in a straight-forward way. The author is English. and a 'rattling' good fellow."John Rtckson, grade 7, Stolp school. The Scarlet Cocherel ........ Sublette "I like the book because it was all abOut the French comnig over to the New World and claiming the land."Herbert Lilly grade 8-C Stolp school. The Boy Wh~leman ... .' ....... Tucker "I liked this book because I am in- in h 1 Th · b 00 k 1· about Home:V B~ es.hl ts .' f 1£s tJful places such as the 'Diamond of In the Days of Q~een Elizabeth 0 · - the Desert' and the cove of the hermit H t eec y, a )OY -Tappan 1 teen on a. whael 1 ·'nvgen on ~, voRyabge asLa satlodr ' of Engaddi."-Jack Broad, grade 7, St. "I like the book because it is a true · vesse · o ert eonar ' Francis 1 - ' Just · t e 11 a b ou t t wo 1 gradr 7-A, Stolp sc hool. . . · Xa vt'er sc h oo. , . story. I t d oesn.t !A d . A Ram on the Roof ............. Me1gs or three people m one place and what ' ~~I aT~~s h!ln . . "I like Rain on the Roof because it they . did. It tel~s .about alt th~ most 1 c t ts sto ry beca.use It ts a tells how a boy is lost in the rain. He important people m England tn the 1 I !~ue blue story of a gtrl and the goes to a rich man's house. This man. time of Queen Elizabeth. It gives the tl ouble s he w.ent to be~ause she t~ok shows the boy how to make ships."- Ilife of pueen Elizabet~ an,? tett.s what 1 i ~ ~)lame 0 ~ an.other gtrl. And I ltke Anna Schwall, grade 7, St. Francis was gomg on at that time. -Ehzabeth t > c·ca_use ~ lC IS not perfect as some Xavier school. Potter, grade 8, Stolp school. 1 aut 1or~ about but she has the , · ~f e h1 't a bl e · · · · · ·............... Ad ams Hunters o f t h e Great Nort h sa me t wnte h : 11 ' C '1 Go~> es as any ot er gtrl."" [ like this hook because it tells of -Steffanson 0 ~ 1 · ,awrencc, grade 7-A, Stolp a girl at. boarding school. It also tells "I liked the story because it was a ~cf ?O · J of her ltfe at her home in the coun- . true story of exploration. It is very 1 ·· "I ncan tr · gra d e 7, excthng ·· like ung the e . \fri c·tn - :r } · . ~ . ~ ·" · - Mar . Y Fl o:ence K oentg, as we 11 . I t told manv o £ t h e it t ol<l 1 t' c. J t~lng e l 1>ecause 1 St. Francts Xav1er school. queer ways of the Eskimos.. The story - tl . · o 1c na I\ e trt >C t 1at wor- J f A · · · · " shipped idols, and how afraid thev ; o.~t l?k Jrc ........ Boutet de ~ouvel w~ ~nttens~n ~·very mtdestsg sayi , were of lions and leopard s "-Donal~l j t e . <?f Arc because tt was - h o lert a mo, gra e , top 1 Pavlicek, grade 7. Howard · chool 1 a Joutb a g1r ~Ot.ng to war .. She. was 1 , Cc oo. . C K' r The Boy Electrician · · \f'e!'y rave ~n CIt hso~nded · jus~ hke a ~p ta ~kns . o urageou~ .. : . ....h.. l'tfo tng "The Bo . t · · . k h , a1ry story. at erme Bermmgham · 1 e 1t Jecause tt gtves t e t e on 1 ' even: Am\·', ec ~lctan 15 ~ >oo · t alt Igrade 7, St. Francis Xavier school. ' a fishing boat. A rirh hoy is washed Tt 11·s· book et~lclanh )Oyt oug t to reac · -off a liner and is picked up by a fish'- s ow o construct your · d h' k h '11 run · own electrical t d 1 I GRADE 8 mg boat ~~n t m s t ey wt i ·ho,.. - tl1 · p ~PP ara tfts a 11 he early Anne of Green Gables .... ·1 \Iontgomery it to suit him but from bitter experi' ~ ·:i e nnclp cs 0 a 11 t e ap- 1 "TI · · 1 f b · 1 · k fi d t d'ff tl ·r J · ; paratus desnibed."-John Ricks o-rade l . liS ts ha ta e .01 ad ng 1t, qm~ · fun- Mence n s dou 8 HI erend y. -h u,mor 7-A, Howard school. ' t-. ov~ng orp . an gir a opted by. an older 1 ?rgan,. gra e . owar sc oo. Black Ar . S ~enous mmcled couple. Thetr efforts Wtlri An1m::.ls I Have Known-Set?n 1 "1'1 ... r °"k · \. · · · .. · · · · ·R· · ·b teveLnso,n to make her dignifiecl, combined with "Animal lovers ought to read Wtld 1 '- 8 1 i ac · 1 rrow 1 >y o ert oms h · · A · 1 I H K b s I Stc,·enson is one of the be st books I . er red hair, whtcl} the boys love ~o nnn~ s a":e now~, y . eton. · . carrots, the funnv kmds stones hare m the 1 Th e reason I l'k ' e\· e r rcac. 1 cc1 tt so call , make R · places m , ' All I k CJ of antmal · · well · 5 1 . 1 't 1 . f t1 1e story. uby ]annes, g;ade )00 . ever ptctures on t e mar~ms 1 0 · tc . ~ - d )Cf~~slc . al sitorly ml ys- Gross Point Public school. ' of the book illustrate the story."r_) n , c 1n a r) · " tc 1 .a ways 1ave C· d · Edith Green, grade 8, Howard school. enJoyed. -Roger De lander grade 7-B ana a · · · · · · · · . ........... . .. Wtllson Howard school. ' · ' 1. "I like Canada, by W.tllson, because Daniel Boone and the Wilderness Th B k 0 f L d M. , 1t tell :s of men who won fame and reScout ....................... Bruce ~ l'koo on on·······.·· · 1 Itt en nown by starting a colony in the new "I liked this hook because it told 1 i · ed .t he book because !t told the world. It tells of the hard ships of CTet- how he fouP"ht the Indians al)d how he 1 1 otn 1 rr 1 11 1 1 j .h' 81 1 1 I 1 1 1 .. ~tory ?f London and .abo ut It s people, ting food enough to feed the men ~nd ' made his living in the forest."-An, ta~tones. an:l other things. Londo_ !l has how they got it, and of the strife."- ! thony Conrad, grade 8, St. Francis , t\\~ sectiOns, on~ for the poorer peo- ~1ary Ellen Boozer, grade 8, Howard Xavier school. · pie and the ~th?.r where th~ better to school. Daniel Boone · 1 d o people ln.·e. -He len Ltlly, g rade Tl C t f ~I C · D "I liked this hook because it told all 17-C Stolp school I 1<' oun o lv onte n to.. . . umas h h' h , , ' · . .. r liked the Count of Monte Cristo a out 1s hoy ood and all about life , Kak , the Copper Esk1mo . "'I . D b . on the frontier and told how he hunted "I l'k K k 1 · · ,1 >\ :-\ exanc1 er umas ecause It was , I I e_ a- )CCaus~ It gtves me so me eclucational, descriptive and tau ht one Clnd fished.' -James Corns. grade 8, good pomts on the tar north. It tells I t t b f , G g · St Francis Xavier school how the Eskimos live and how they nRo o le 8reHvenge du 1 . -h elnevleve o· 1~1 Curl'ost'ty Shop. . DI'ckens . .. . . oyer g-rac c owar sc oo ·· ·· ····· · procure thslr food. - John \\T t!!tams, M ' · Sk "T liked the hook very much because , R_r.ade 7-C, :Stolp school. . ~ste~ Y1 ar · · · · · ·: · · · · · · · ennett it isn't the kind of a hook that is writ, Ktt , Pat. Don C\11cl Aunt Marcia I ltke Mas.ter Sky lark, by B~n- ten nowadays ."-Adelaide Franklin. -Gilcrist nett. because 1t tells of old Engltsh g-rade 8 Central school ; "This story is about a girl Kit who I life, also of a boy who is determined Kidnap~ed . . Stevenson is always in her large, beautiful 'home to win."-Winifred Dingle, grade 8, "I liked t·h·~ · b·~~k 'K:id~~·oned very ' 11 1 . . l h d · How·trcl school 1 · · ,t" I a a one, parents, >rot ers an st ·ter s < · ' much as tt has manv ex~ttmg tales. 1 · . k h 1 1 1'1 C· t · f 1 '1' B· b f · >r1n g- gone, ma es er very one y. 1c ap atn o .t 1e cctm. . . . . ar our Part 0 the story Is told on the sea ' Sl , t o I1er aunt, s~emg · 1 "1'111s · 1 k a~pea.Ie d to me l)ecause · and I I'k · , 1e gor~ 1er not uoo: very much. If 1 ·e sea . stonp~: home, starts to go but 1s stopped by of the sport1vc mstmct that was car- vou don't like to read about murders an old friend and lives with her. She ricd all through the story, and be·c ause i advise you not to read it."-Henry the~ li~·e.s a h~ppy and contented !if~." it showed what \\'Ottld happen if you Foster. grade 8, Stolp school. - Vtrgmta ~lame, grade 7, Gross Pomt let your own selfish moods get contro1 ~[obv Dick .................. Melville 1 school. of you."-Harry Hunter, grade 8, 1 "I )ikcd Mohy Dick because it gave Tales from Shakespeare · Howa.-d school. ' the life and adventures of the Bedford -Charles Lamb , Old Briggs Cargo ............ Pulford : seamen in an interesting and enjoy"Among Lamb,'s Tales from Shake"Old Briggs Cargo, by Pulford, was , a hie way. But I did not like quite so speare, tl~e Tam;ng o~ the Shrew was interesting to me because ~ like books i much detail and explanation."-Rich I tht f unnt es t. Kathennc was a bold, I of ach·enture. I should ltke to have ani Hooker, g-r·rie 8, Stolp school. I di ·obedient girl and her father fea_red been the hoy among the Portugese 011 , The Man \Vithout a Country ..... Hale ! he cou~cl never get her marned. I board the \tVanclercr."- ,Tames Iverson , I. "I li~ecl this hoo~ because Melton, Petruchto, a yo~ng man who loved ad- grade 8, Howard school. I the mam character tn the hook, showI ,·e nturc -, p~om1sed to marry h~r and Monarch the Big Bear .......... Seton ed courage to the .end."-:-Billy Carnall, tame her. 1 he f!ICthod s Petru·c hto uses I "I like Monarch the Bio· Bear be- gra~le 8. St. Francts Xavter scho~l. . to tame Kathen.nc ar~ fun,1?Y· but he , rause Ernest Thomp~on S~::~eton \\'rote T~~tl's. End ... : ............... Gtlcrtst , succ~eds and e\Cll \~Ills ~~ager:s con- I it in such a · wav that you think It is . Tratls End ~s an ~11-roun? good . c~rnm~ hr.r ohedu.>n.ce. -Eitzaheth happet1ing right -now. I like the wild girls stor:v. It IS very mteres~t~g ~nd l~pP. ~raJe 7: Gross POin.t school. . life Monarch leads, and his great ex~ctly like ~n up-to-date ~Irl s ltfe. I Rip ~an \~tnkle-~Vas~~u~gto~ Irv~ng courage."-Carl Classet, grade 8, How- It ts an. odd Idea to h~ve girls go t.o "W mklc, I rom l11s w1te s Vle\\'pomt, . . camp nght after Chnstmas, but tt 1 d f · H , arc1 sc 1 100. , . . ·was a laz.r goo - or-not 1 1tng. e goes I · · · turns out splendldly."-Mary Cathenne one Jay to the woods and lies clown G~:Y ~nar s Bob~y ; : · · · · · · · · Atkmson Gleason, grade 8, St. Francis Xavier under the trees and finds, ort awaken- . I ltke. Grey Fnar s ~ob.by, by El~a- sc hool. ing, he has slept twenty years. The nor J\tkmson, because It IS a very. m- From Bea-con Fire to Radio-Towers old dutch hi tory of New York comes terestmg .·story about a pluc~y httle : "A hook telling step by step the 'nto the story."-Mary Epp, grade 7, Skye tenter,. Bobby. He ltved 1 _11 Scot- progress of communication from the Gross Point school. lan,d and fatthfully watched hts mas- first signal fires to the radio of today. Understood Betsy ........... Van field !er s ~ra~e for fourteen year~ .. Dur- It is a very interesting book and is well "I like Understood Betsy because mg. thts time he ha~ many excJtmg ex- worth reading."-George Boylston Betsy shocks her aunt so very much. penences."-Katherme Maxwell, grade grate 8, St. Fra~cis Xavier school. ' Her aunt is very delicate and screams ~ 8, Howard school. j Derrslr\yer .................... Cooper every time Betsy goes out into the A Tenderfoot With Peary ...... Borup "I think the most interesting part barnyard because she is afraid the goat "I li~e A Tenderfoot With P~ary be- in Deer slayer is when the Indians capwill kill her."-Ellen Hein, grade 7, St. cause It tells of the northern ltfe, how tured him and tied him to a tree and Francis Xavier school. they got stuck in the ice, how they then threw knives and tomahawks at The Talisman ........ Sir Walter Scott caught animals and how the Eskimos· him. Then he is rescued by a friend." "The Talisman is interesting because lived."-Eugene Ploch now, grade 8, . Edward Simpson, grade 8, St. Francis it describes and tells ·about many beau- Howard school. I Xavier school. 1 1 I k B 1 1 1 · 1 1 1 1 I