15 NOVEMBER 1963, page 26

Rooted In Life

Norwegian Folk Tales. From the collection of Peter Christen Asbjornsen and Jorgen Moe. Translated by 'Pat Shaw Iversen and Carl Norman; (Allen and Unwin, 35s.) Hans Christian......

Taking It Seriously

I have divided the books under review very roughly into those which children will want to have read to them while they look at the pic- tures and those which they will read......