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Time. for Books

“by, Andrea Deakin. * y i

night, Above all, the lively little boy. and the patient, loving

‘way. not only into school and library collections and the”

Way’ Things Work, published by Tomas Allen in Canada at

. the inventions which have derived from them. He begins in-a.

ar ee _., pseudo-scientific way with a dissertation on capturing Wooley
-.Mammoths, expounding on the advantages of employing an in-

_ lined: plane rather than a tower to raise the rocks which are
: dropped on the Mammoths’ heads to make them docile, But
-. from here, the uses of inclined plane and the wedge are

PS oo cise: way, and the whole is liberally illustrated by David

_ - Macauley’ s inimitable witty drawings. The Way Things Work is a
f a: = Comprehensive, highly entertaining and masterfully conceived in--
-_ _ troduction to the principles behind how things work. Another

a ~ book to add to anyone’ S bookshelf, 1 not t just young people.

| “David Macauley introduced both young people and adults to”
‘the basics of design and construction in his admirable books on

architecture, Forrest Wilson discovers for us the mysteries of
‘strains and stresses:in buildings in What it Feels Like to be a
-Bltiding, published in Canada by Fitzhenry and Whiteside at

bo, never go'out of print,

| The Canadian Children’s Treasury, published by Key Porter |
Books at $29.95, is a collection selected from the growing library
of Canadian children’ s literature. Old favorites are represented
~-here — L.M. Montgomery, W.O. Mitchell — and contemporary
. writers like Janet Lunn, Monica Hughes and Barbara Smucker.
- There are legends of the first peoples, adaptations like William —
_ - Toye's The Loon’s Necklace, and stories based on the folk tales

of the first immigrants. Poetry ranges from Robert Service to.

- Dennis. Lee and Seal O’Huigin. The editors have balanced classic
‘and contemporary with skill and imagination, giving children a

_ piquant taste of the feast available to them. Fantasy, drama,

‘humor and wit are all presented in a handsome volumn illustrated

~ in full color, with energy and subtlety by seven Canadian il- ©
~ Tustrators whose work was commissioned for this book,

: mA Starr

First fomakt inductee fata the
Canatllan County Music:

valdY . Hall of Honnr . Ga

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"Bok IN CONCERT “cengcard

| R.E.M, LEE THEATRE
: TERRACE
‘Tuesday, January 24, 1980

8:00 P.M.
Tiekels $14. 50 Advance — $16.00 at the Door

| C2 ‘Availabe at Sight and Sound (™

‘Through’ one: long winter night a ‘estless child and a patient.
young father listen to the night sounds of the city. Spread across -
thepages are the happenings of ‘the night: the crowds.départ, the ”
“taxis roll, the transportation trick-makes its way through the .

ane Sparkling brush of first snow, the plows clear. the. streets and the
“heavy, city dark, familiar to ‘many a‘sleepy patent, flickers with a
new. spare lights. Eric Beddows has captured not. only the activi-: _
ty, but'also the silences and the cold bleakness of the dead of -

father. become momentarily a part of our lives, Here again is a-

tee ‘book that I can see appealing every bit as much to parents as to
their young children, Night Cars by Teddy Jam,.with illustrations -
by. Eric Beddows i is. published by Groundwood Books at $13. 95.

= David Macauley hasa wealth’ ‘of: brilliantly conceived. and ex-.
.‘ecuted introductions to architecture behind him. Designed for
, young: people, ‘Cathedral, Pyramid and others have found their

‘bookshelves of active young minds, but also into many an adult
collection. I admit myself an avid collector, His latest book, The

$29.95, is another such sparkling foray into basic principles and

» developed into explanations of how locks, cutting machines —
-even-the can opener — operate. This same format explains levers,
Bears and belts, rotating wheels, friction and so on ina clear con-

.$23.50. This is simply a marvellous book. I found-it fascinating, _
- but. what is even ‘iniore iiiportaiit, so did every youngster Tia-""
troduced it to, from six to adolescence. Professor Wilson relates
architectural stress to the human form — when columns bend
under stress, human figures bend; a house with beams at an angle
_ is illustrated by human forms on each other’s shoulders support.
“ing two rams, head to head. The clear simple text is augmented:
tm _ and explained by vigorous witty drawings. The book was first
a - published i in 1969 and is now revised and updated, It should

Produced by

Work on the Terraceview Lodge extended care wing has ‘now moved inside. Although con-
struction Is. reportedly several weeks behind schedule, nalther the Terrace Health Care
~ Society nor the Ministry of Health have expressed any concerns about the late opening |
. date.

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