Amongst old favourites making a welcome re- appearance is Anatole,
the lion-hearted mouse, in Anatole and the Poodle, by Eve Titus, illustrated by Paul Galdone (Bodley Head, 10s. 6d.). Anatole copes fearlessly with Poodlenappers, flies from Paris to London tied to the leg of a faith- ful pigeon. and is a most engaging hero. In The Little Red Engine Goes to be Mended, by Diana Ross (Faber, 13s. 6d.), this popular engine is taken to bits and reassembled. The engineering and mechanical detail should delight and absorb small boys who want to know how things work, and the illustrations and diagrams by Leslie Wood are excellent. Polonius Penguin and the Flying Doctor, by Anthony Abrahams (Dobson, 15s.), is the second tale of this gay globe-trotting penguin who lives on the South Pole. He receives an invitation to a party in London, has appendi- citis, but eventually flies to London with his most unusual doctor. The illustrations by Hilary Abrahams should be favourites of all small children who enjoy animal stories.
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