Children’S

Bookshelf

THERE is a wide variety of books for the young this month.

Among the best are: JOSEPH IN EGYPT, one of a picture book series on Biblical subjects, put out by Macmillan. It tells the story, in simple language in big type, of Jacob and his 12 sons. The illustrations by Reinhard Herrmann add great splashes of colour. (13/3.)

The Fox At The Manger,

by P. L. Travers, with wood engrav ings by Thomas Bewick, is an old carol turned into a fable, suitable for children up to 80, for this little book, elegantly produced, deserves to be a classic. (Collins; 13/3.)

Threat To The Barkers,

by Joan Phipson, who won the Aus tralian Children’s Book of the Year Award in 1962 with The Family Conspiracy, is adventure with an Australian background. The Barker family were met with in her prize book. (Constable Young Books and Angus and Robertson; 17/6.) DR. SEUSS’S ABC is the latest of the fascinating Dr. Seuss series of Beginner Books for children which are finding popularity among Aus tralian schoolteachers. Dr. Seuss has a William Lear type of fascination, which takes his books out of the ordinary. With Dr. Seuss, A is not for Apple but for Aunt Annie’s Alligator. And Z, naturally, is for Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuss. (Collins; 10/9.)