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Eleanor Farjeon's The Children's Bells is Jr signed as a

companion to her collection of stories The Little Bookroom. The poems vary in 111°°c1 Some may find her verse a little whimsical (`A°, • I will get out when the water goes ging! /And won't be sucked down the Bathroom plug!), for many 9- to 10-year-pld girls this is a delightftl' book with decorative drawings. Rhyme and Reason contains a wide sell Ole° of poems for 14 and upwards, but with i" critical introductions and notes and uninseicirig appearance it seems destined for school rather than home.