The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 20, 1953, Page 6

eee Annual Book Week Is Marked In School Libraries Here Ta COMBINING « of books with the use ef other library facili- ties, these gis Voineiana Seheol look up the location of a place they have studi d about im sixth grade geography. THESE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS find the library a good place to study. with reference books conveniently locat- ed and comfortable tables for writing and reading. Book Supply Vital Nourishment For Children Of All Age Groups It has been said that “Books are the food of youth.” Let us think about this now during National Book Week. Even before children are ready for school, and long before they themselves can read, books are a neces- sary part of their lives. Being read to at an early age is a nourishment as vital as the food they eat. And like the food they eat, it must be offered invitingly and with TOT respect for variations in individual taste. Time was when it was felt that work was work and play was play, and if, by chance, the two coincided, the work was suspect. But in actual fact, as all educators now know, the most successful men and women are those for whom their work is fun. If in early childhood we find that reading is fun, we shall find it so always. During school years and after when much of our “work” is with books, our early plea- sure at the sight of a book — big books with gay illustra- tions, small ones with lively text, the simplest and the most complex — will continue and grow. Now more than ever, there are scores of books with- in the reach of our children. There are books to sult all ages and interests. Books on music, history, nature, as- tronomy — picture books for the young, biographies and adventure for the oldest. ‘ - Filling a child’s bookshelf and sharing stories with 7 . = / him is providing him with endless friends and adventures. ~ - CAREFUL SFU ON OF BOOKS for leisure reading is ad- It is teaching him to help himself discover the wonders vised at the lecal schools of reading and how much fun reading can be. The spirit Truman School to decide whether it is ene they would of book week can last throughout the year instead of check out for res DOUGLASS SCHOOL STUDENTS cluster around the Book Tree which symbolizes Book Week in their school library. They are learning that reading really is fun and the library offers a rich « at home. only for seven days. selection fur their pleasure. * t in the day of the first graders at Harris School. The STUDENTS AT TRUMAN SCHOOL cluster drownd the desk in the Whrary as the stu. ungsters enthralled with stories they will veal for hom dent librarian checks out the books of their choice. Helpers learn much that may be © to de se. valuable to thezs in later life by assisting the school librarian —All Photos by Finch,