JIMMY, Mrs. Fisher's ten-year-old son, ordered the twelve stories of
her new book, and also supplied the ingredients. " I do hate fairies in stories," he said, " and I hate things that couldn't possibly haVe happened, and I despise a story that tries to teach you something without your knowing it." The many children who share Jimmy's views will delight .in his recipes. Here is one of them : " A dog and some sand and a polar bear and a little boy."
It sounds complicated, but Mrs. Fisher has risen to this, as to eleven other occasions, and has written an entrancing story. No doubt that other " Made-to-Order Stories " will be commanded in many nurseries, and that harrassed parents will beg Jimmy's mother to write some more. The illustrations are by Mimi Dorothy Lathrop, and every picture is worthy of its story. The book deserves a great success.
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