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Bargains in Modern Books for Boys and Girls
Advertisement and order form for novels directed at boys and girls.
Childhood and The Printed Word: One Father's Recipe for the Guidance of Young Minds in the World of Books
Discusses the function of reading in the lives of children who are becoming literate. The image accompanying this text features a young girl looking stereotypically innocent while reading.
Comic Book Censorship
Discusses comic book censorship, and the fact that it is infringing on people's ability to read whatever they want.
Comic Book Culture
Meeting of the City Federation of Women's Clubs. Author urges parents to provide literature with a moral backbone for children.
Comic Book Menace Debated at Portage
In Portage La Prairie, Manitoba the problem of crime comic books is discussed by the Local Council of Women. They decide that the only way to get rid of the threat is to replace it with something else.
Comic Books
Explains that the campaign against comic books taking place in 1948 is similar to the campaigns that were being waged against dime novels in prior years. Reference is made to the fact that juvenile delinquency is linked more readily to larger issues…
Comic Books vs. Libraries
Psychiatrists cannot agree as to whether or not comic books are causing children to become violent. A majority agree children could be reading better literature, and as such they should visit the library in order to find new, better books to read.
Comic Books: A Teacher's Analysis
Burton considers how educators can encourage their students to read books other than comics by utilizing "transition books" that carry similar appeal as comics.
Comic Books' Reading Value Emphasized
Emphasizes the importance of comic books for children. It is noted that comic books provide something for them that other forms of children's literature does not.
Criticize B.C. Plan: Doubt Toronto to Burn Crime, Horror Comics
Claims that the burning of comic books could actually make children more inclined to read the very books that are being burned.