Bougainville
p. 72 · Read in the full issue
Little Chimbu in Bougainville
That popular New Guinean character, Little Chimbu, and his special pal Little Balus (meaning aeroplane in New Guinea pidgin) have captured a lot of hearts since New Guinea resident Nancy Curtis introduced them in 1966.
The stories were originally writ ten for Mrs Curtis’s twin daught ers, but in book form, with Nancy’s own illustrations, they have been reprinted several times, and distributed throughout the world. In recent years Nancy Curtis has been living on Bou gainville, where the giant Boug ainville mining company has changed the landscape, so it was inevitable that Little Chimbu and his friends should replace head dresses with hard hats and pay her a visit.
Little Chimbu in Bougainville is published in time for self government and for Christmas —5O pages of drawings in full colour—fatter than Little Chim bu’s earlier adventure books— and the story is full of fascin ating {and accurate) information about the workings of this big new mining enterprise.
In the bookshops, or direct from Pacific Publications at $3.25 plus postage.