Books to Read

Title

Books to Read

Language

English

Year

1936

Rights

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

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128 TV HOUDA Y SHORE By Edirh M. Parch and Carroll Lane Fenton Have you ever gone on a picnic <t the seashore? If you have, then you must have seen what a delightful spot the. beach is. Yau must also have seen the strange creatures who mak~ their homes near the sel. You rr.ust ha''' met the little crabs who go in and out of holes with amusing rapidity. Perhaps you hav? ~ccn strange anima:ls clinging to rocks. swimming in little pools or lying on the sand when the tide goes out. This fine book tells many interesting stories about the little creatures of the seashore. There is a story about King Limulus whv can swim backwards and change his color when he wants to: Hermit Crab, who grows a new leg when one is broken. is also in the book. There ar~ fishes without bones, and others. A child who loves nature THE SIGNIFICANCE OF visit and give nursing care to th!! poor families in the neighborhood of lntramuros. · Many hospitals havt> an ambu· lance service which is very nicessarv in meeting emergencies. This is one of the most valuable services tl1t: THE YOUNG CITIZEN study will find a friend in this book. SUNG UNDER THE SIL VER UMBRELLA Prepared by the Literature Committee of tht Association for Childhood Education This is a book of the best vers..: for children. Old and modern poems, sad ones, gay ones, short ones, long ones, are contained in this book. The poems were selected because chil.dren have liked them. Rosetti. Stevenson, Tennyson .and others. togeth.:r with many modern poets of wrses for childr.en are represented in this "anthoiogy which was prepar~d by a committee who did plenty of sorting and shifting in order to create a good book. This is a popular book for teachers anrl parents to use with children of kin~ dergarten or· primary age. Dorothy Lathrop. a wcll-kqown illustrator: drew many charming pictures for the book. Hospital offer training facilities to medical studenu and practitioners. The Maternity Hospital and Sta. Theresita's Hospital have schools for midwives. These are only somt of the many benefits that we get from hospitals. W har arc we supposed to do on Hospital Daw? We are supposed government hospitals qtn render. to answer th? invitation of the hos Ma.y, 19811 YOUNG WRITERS ROSES Of all the flowers I like best That bloom sO radiant and fair. The fragrant rose lead all the rest. As I tend it f~om day to day. [[ When ail its rosy petals bloom, And sparkle with the silv'ry dew, The morning sun that shine on high Gives it a little smile Or two. By Praxedes B. T upas A GOLDFISH'S STORY I was born in a big aquarium in a ·pet shop: I was very weak an~ so I had to be separated from my mother because she might eat me any time. The food they gave me was oatmeal and soon I. grew strong. Many months later I was a full grown goldfish. I looked for my. mother but alas! She had died. I stayed in the shop for nearly a year until one day a kind-looking woman bought me and had me brought to her home. She had many children. She gave me to them. They all took good care of me. Now I have six children. Four are males and two are females. The family is very proud of me and always take good care of my children too. Erlinda T. Alcantara There· are also hospita.ls in differH pita.ls by visiting them, then we St'I! baby contests in the morning and mt parts of the Islands that have what they have to show us. By games in the afternoon. In th'! schools of nursing, some of which doing this. we can realize how the wards the doctors, internes. and ;ire- the Philippine Gmeral Hospi- money that we give for hospitals nurses can be seen at work. The tal, San Juan de Dios Hospital. are spent. On this day. everybody dormitoric.> of the doctors and Mary Johnston Hospital. St. Lukes" i$ given the op,ortunity to see tho? nurses are also open to the public. Hospital. St. Paul's Hospital. different departments. some of Tn visiting the nurses' dormitgries Southern Islands Hospital, lloilo which are not always accessible ~o one cannot but be impressed by th~ Mission Hospital. and the Emme.- lhe public every day. There are cleanliness and orderliness of th.? nuel Hospital. The Philippine Gen- demonstrations O'l different kinds whole building. The nurses are excral Hospital and San Juan de Dies of surgical operations. There ar~ pected to see that everything is clean

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