Al6 - Wednesday, Sept. 23, 1981 - North Shore News Frogs in fact and fiction Aileen Patterson = ex- changes her books at the West Van Bookmobile when it stops at Esquimalt and 14th every Wednesday. Mrs. Patterson is a retired school teacher who delights | in travelling to exotic places’ in the world. Recently she came into the Bookmobile wearing a very unusual necklace. It was golden in colour and shaped like a frog with its legs turned out in a Charlie Chaplin fashion. subject further. There are several books in the West Vancouver Library listed in the catalogue under Amphibians and Reptiles. One called the ‘Pictorial Anatomy of the Frog’ by Stephen Gilbert is an ex- cellent all encompassing study of a frog's insides. On the book jacket of Robert Hodge’s ‘Am- phibians’ by Maurice Burton the full colour illustrations of some of the world’s most belly of the frog released the water to all the prdper rivers and streams again. A handy little book is the ‘New Field Book of Reptiles and Amphibians’ by Doris Cochran. All toads are frogs, but not all frogs are toads. A delightful children’s book is called ‘Frog & Toad All Year’ by Arnold Lobel. It is five enchanting tales about the friendship of Frog & Toad depicting the lovable creatures engaging in varied aetivities throughout the seasons of the years. It's fun to choose a subject and explore it in fact and fiction at the West Van- couver Memorial Library. Dr. Declan P. Lawlor wishes to announce the opening of his: ‘practice i in FAMILY DENTISTRY #2 - 3260 Edgemont Bivd. N. Van. Telephone: 988-0377 Selected Showing of Recent Works | y JOSE SALVADOR at HARRISON GALLERIES FINE ART DEALER 2022 PARK ROYAL SOUTH MALL, UPPER LEVEL. WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. on Wednesday, September 30th, 1981 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (604) 926-2615 By invitation only please present at door. 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