Charlie May Simon – Object # 3

Brief Reviews of Books

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<p>This newspaper column includes one-sentence reviews, titles, authors, and publishers of children’s books from 1938.</p>

Brief book reviews of children’s literature from 1938 in the Washington, D.C. newspaper The Evening Star.

Transcript

POPO’S MIRACLE. By Charlie May Simon. Illustrated by Howard Simon. New York: E.P. Dutton Co. The story of a little Mexican boy and his donkey. Pleasant, with beautiful illustrations.

Questions

What was Charlie May Simon’s book about?
What types of books did children read in 1938?
How are they similar to and different from books that children read today?

Citations

Evening Star. Washington, D.C., 01 May 1938. Page F-4. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.