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Peter Comes To Stay Is A

good book for boys and girls aged four to 10. Lois Southern wrote it. If you are four you might ask your mother to read it to you or you might like to save it up until you can read it. It’s all about a boy called Peter coming to stay at his uncle’s farm. It is near Sydney and there are three cousins there. Their names are Teddy, Penny and Jenny.

There are three cats which are House Puss, who was named be cause he was always in the house, and there is Roof Puss who lives on the roof to keep away from Scotty, their dog, and there is Shed Puss, who lives in the shed and is later named Mom Puss after having two kittens.

Penny is always mean to Peter.

She is always furious because Jenny is on Peter’s side. Later Penny makes friends with Peter and he goes home at Christmas very happy. There are drawings in the book by Wally Jex, which are a bit cartoonish and I guess they can be better. They are alright though.—Dl (aged 11).

(Peter Comes To Stay. Ure Smith.

$1.25.)

The Muddle-Headed Wom

BAT AT SCHOOL, by Ruth Park, is a funny book to read. It is a book for ages seven to 12 and it is about the muddle-headed wombat who has to go to school. At first he wouldn’t

go but when he found an old teddy bear with one leg and his squeaker gone Wombat went to school. A possum was rude to teddybear and so Wombat wouldn’t go to school again.

The book tells about other hilarious adventures at school, too. I think Ruth Park has a wonderful imagin ation and Noela Young draws lovely pictures.—SJl (aged 8).

(The Muddle-Headed Wombat At

SCHOOL. Educational Press Pty. Ltd., dis tributed by Angus and Robertson. $1.75.)