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COURT HOUSE - .If you're thihkipg about giving your son or daughter a book for Christr^as, consider also a passport to the Land of Reading where more than 25,000 children's •' - books are available—free! ' That’S the suggestion of the staff at the Cape May Countv Library in recommendihg that parents give fheir children County Library Cards as stocking Stuffers. At last count, the county library had 25,112 chfldren’s books. Personalized stocking sufffer library cards for children are being issued by the library staff between now and Christmas Eve. • LIBRARIANS Beatrice Gibbs and Kathleen Duffy, who both work with young people, have a number of suggestions for giving unique books for Christmas. For ages 2 through 5,

books should be beautifully • illustrated and the language should encourage word play. There are also a great number of wordless picture books available, which encourage the Children to use their imaginations and enable them to fell you a stofy. Alphabet and counting books are also popular* with this age group SOME RECOMMENDED books that will be read, reread and treasured: The Moat Amazing hide & Seek Alphabet Book designed and illustrated by Robert Crowther, features familiar creatures that pop out from behind, between, over and under big blocksize letters Anna's Alphabet, by Mitsumasa Anno, shows carved wood letters that are the best in graphic art. Across from each letter are obR by Leslie Steyson,

Preschooler Books X If you want your children to get a good start in life, you must expose them to reading at an early age. Q With the competition from television, this requires a great deal more dedication fropi parents and grandparents and all who love children than it did before. It Q means not only giving books to children, but spending time reading to them. Fortunately, books are inexpensive gifts, but may be more meaningful then more expensive short-lived gifts. There are cloth books, which are suitable for the very youjig As they grow a little older, children enjoy the Gqlden Books and Shape Books. If you can set up you oWn child’s library, even if it is just a cardboard box, children will learn that books are to be treated with care. The Dr. Seuss books, Cat in the Hat. A fly Went By. etc., are appealing as children become a little older The A.A. Milne Pooh books are universally enjoyed. At this time of year most book stores display new books as well as old favorites, and chifdreh should be exposed to the pleasure of the fairy tales as well as learning experience of books on more practical or scientific themes. David Nockels has written pbp-up books for ages 4-8 called Animal Builders. Animal Athletes. Animal Marvels and Animal Acrobats. For ages 3-7, Cat Count, by Betsy Lewin, is a good learning-to-count books. h Leslie Steyson Is the pseudonym for a very real area bookstore proprietor.

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jects beginning with the appropriate letter. Each page is surrounded by a border of tiny objects that the children can hunt for and identify, all naturally beginning with the featured letter. ~ On Mark/'t Street. ,by Anita I>obel, is a delightful and unusual alphabet 'book in which each fetter is illustrated by a figure ingeniously composed of apples, wigs, quilts or zippers to correspond to the letters. Fables, by Arnold Lobel, is an award-winning book that is a magical addition to an ancient genre of storytelling. Each fable takes about five minutes to read and discuss. The eccentric animal characters : will delight young and old. Noah's Ark. by Peter Spier, is also an awardwinning children's book The book follows the construction of the ark. the caring of the - animals and quisite illustrations. Freight Train, by Donald Crews, is an introduction to color and movement that children will memorise. Grandfa' Grig Had'A Pig and Other Rhymes Without

Reason'from Mother. Goose, compiled and illustrated by Wallace Tripp, A large, jolly colorful introduction to the delights of readihg Mother Goose, rhyming words, jingles andfun that will be treasured by young readers. A. list of recommended titles and individual consultihg on gift books is also provided by the • County Library staff.

DENhiISVILLE - Rev. Robert W Hughes, pastor, announced that the Dennisville United Methodist Church will have its 14th annual Christmas Open, k House ToUr 6-10 p.m Monday Dec 28 Tickets and brochures may be secured In the Social Hall adjacent t6 the church. Tree shaped markers will be in front of the 16 h'omes and building

whjch will be open to welcome the visitors FREE REFRESHMENTS will be available at the Social Hall Homes and buildings open for the tour are in the Dehnisville State designated Historic District. A floating lighted corhmunity Christmas Tree will be on .lohnson's Pond (Dennisville Lakei again this year