Pacific Book for Youngsters
p. 135 · Read in the full issue
Ok Reviews
IE London publishing firm called 'Phoenix House has added to its well rn “Young Traveller” series a new me called “The Young Traveller in South Seas”—it is the twelfth of the ss. It is a description of the South fic Islands, specially written for teen children by Lucille Iremonger. Mrs. longer was for some time in the tern Pacific Commission Islands with husband, a Colonial Office official, and ecent years she has earned a reputa as writer, lecturer and broadcaster Pacific Islands subjects. In this iveller” production she has done an illent job—all the aspects of life and ig conditions in the majority of the th Pacific Islands are described faith r and, for the most part, entertainingly.
Groups particularly dealt with are , New Hebrides, Solomons, Gilberts, ce, Samoa, Tonga, Tahiti and Pitcairn. , omissions which matter are Papua r Guinea and New Caledonia. Quite rt from Its value as a reader for ngsters, the oook is so carefully com ;d that it could serve quite well as a srence book for anyone seeking a ieral picture of the South Seas.