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For ‘those seeking less. and asked Magook’s mana*
‘expensive stocking stuffers, I ging director, Marilyn Day,.
recommend the unique, new . what the title had- to.do with |
McClelland & Stewart series’: Eskimos. I mustn't read so
for kids called. Magook. The. much Farley Mowat. :
“first issue. features: MMe
Cottage At Crescent: Beach, .. ‘‘We’re fighting for space —
the . simple’ re-telling. of. .in stores,”’ Day told me, “In —
adventures. » at. the. U.S. children’s books.
Beach | by Ann. have’a base sale of 10,000 in
So. . “°° libraries alone.’? The mass
Bee > marketing’ approach - of
Blades is a Vancouserité - Magook is therefore . a
who writes and iliustrates: gamble. Stores .such as
her own. award winning Safeway and Super-Valu:
children’s‘ books (Mary. Of . must be convinced to replace
~ Mile 18; A Boy Of Tache):" much of.the: innocuous and
“She is surely the most. shy, safe Mickey: Mouse material -
almost. timid | “‘successful’’... on their -kidlit stands” with
- author I have ever met, yet it. Stories that: reflect what it is
is .her® warm,,: understated:
sensitivity that lends~ her
work a: sense. of reality and
strength that few more
_ dynamic personalities could “deserves ‘to be’ 2
ever hope to duplicate. ” _ o> “Given the new respect vedults
are gaining for qualit ,

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been for us. So a

From everyone at Pearson’ s, best. wishes for the.
"Holiday Season and have a happy, healthy : ‘New.
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7 : The Mag gook — ‘ format. oat ons s fiction,
‘personalizes each:-story «by: “will .
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notes on the authors: as: well _
as poetry and. things. for kids the:
“to make and do. The title, - "shelves of. Supermarkets and:
: Magook, is.a composite word © drugstores where adults . can
culled from ‘magazine and » see them.

The new 50-, “60-, and ~-- The wide main street .of a
75-cent stamps on sale since’ prairie town is illustrated on
December.7, picture one of the 50-cent’ value, ‘and. the
‘the most familiar scenes in . 60-cent ‘stamp’ provides ‘an
Canadian life -- the street. example of a typical street in
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arn  inces, | with™ lively . colored.

‘Tom Bjarnason. of Toronto houses: clinging toa narrow. |
_ prepared the line and wash road that leads down. to. the ..

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stamps, and the ‘ British . The 75-cent stamp shows a.
American Bank Note Com- street in a large city, with
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the: «printing. | -Bjarnason brightly detailed brick. and —
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_ holdiay . season. and =the hope of ~ ‘a healthy — :
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