5 DECEMBER 1970, page 45

Choosing For Children

MARY NORTON How best to choose books for children? The uestion is: can we? Or rather, should we? hould we not perhaps—for the older hildren—avail ourselves of book tokens? at......

Two From Italy

CAROLA OMAN The King's Room Eilis Dillon. illustrated by Richard Kennedy (Hamish Hamilton 12s) The Befana's Toyshop Gianni Rodari, translated by Patrick Creagh illustrated by J.......