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STORI AN LEGENI)S 23 4. d P .1-31(1vAL.,11 BOOvS 1432 e INDEX 54,4 , .0 t,T) PIRECTOWvOFt 1 , USHERS 49 FOREWORD TheLibraryServiceDivision ofthe U.S.Office of Educationhas preparedaseries ofbibliographies designedforusein furtheringabetterunderstanding ofourneighbor repubglics.The firstbibliograph appeared inmultigraphedform inFebruary1942 underthe titleOurNeighborRepublics;aselectedlist of readablebooks foryoungpeople.Thepresent publication,which isarevision ofthe firstone,in- cludesapproximately40 additionalbooksandan index byauthor,title,-andsubject.The titlesof the tt,w6other listsin theseriesareIndustries,Prod:Its, cindTranvoriationin OurNeighborRepublics arid Arts, Crqfts,andCustoms ofOur NeighborRepublics. 4 Gratefulacknowledgmentis madeto the publishers whohavecooperatedin makingreviewcopiesavail- able andwho havepermittedthe U.8, Officeof Educationto, retain thebooks:pamphlets,and -magazinesin :theLibrary forreferencepurposes.. BESSGOODYKQONTZI Assistant.U.S.Commissionerof- I. INTRODUCTION THE followingrepresentativr)oksweresP1Medto aid teachers, librarians,undpare'nsinfurtheringabetterunder- standingof theAmericasamong childrenin' theUnited States.Thebooksare designed44) serve children from1tV picturebook agethroughseniorhighschool.Threebasic principleshave guidedthe-selection:first,the appealtoth.e (:iiverse intorestsOfreadeN;second,theportrayalofthe various Phasesof lifeinourneighborrepublics;andthird, thevalue ofthematerialto teachers in tdePresentation Our neighbor of republicsintheschoolcurriculum.With thesefactors as a foundation,thedescriptionofeach, b6ok c attempts to indicateclearlytheseopeof theAubjectcovered, thespecial features,suchasunusualillustrationsandmaps, and therangeofapPealto children. The readinglevel ofeachbook isindicated,andthenotes e suggest those whichare appropriateforreactingaloudto yqungchildren. Many ofthe books minbe usedwithallages. This list shouldsuggest basictitlesaboutourneighbor . republics forschoolswhichdesiresuchinformation.How- . ever, itn'u.st be rememberedthat thematerialinthebibliog- raphyisonly asamulingandnotaC,omprehensiveselection. 4 do. ; t. o I.BACKGROUNDS '"t ; 41'1""1:77re,t7f." **11 et , 'go 41. 7 -,,. r co. r, 4 ciU .--- .* tt. r Pr 4 ortss, 41... hiwilt WIC LOADINGrsTICEI:moist.AT CAJA MARA TO HE CARRIED 141 AsIRTO CHACHt1601AN 150kt LOM IIERN OVER THE MOUNTAINr< p. A. General ,LE 1. Baker, NinaB.He Wouldn't BeKing;thestory of Simbn Bolivar; il. by- Camila Egas.Vanguard,1941.'305p. $2.50. nlifestory of South -Anieri&es great.cstheroshows colonial life andgaietyas %ellasthe grim hardships ofwar.The otherfigurtsclosely connected with lifslIvars fight forfrtedom mingle in thestory to formapicture of theentire itidepe40ence moveent.m \*01 people will finda story of dauntlesscourageand sacrifice in the life of the"Liberator"whose dying wordswere--"Colombians:My last wishesarefor Ihehappinessofmy country.Ifmydeath will contributeto reconcile the parlies andto consolklate the Union, Ishallgodownto the tomb in pes,ce." Brief index andbibliography. Grades 8-42 . 2. Diaz del Ci;stillo,Bernal.Cortei and the Conquestof Mexico by the Spaniards in°1521, being the eye-witnessnarratiive of Bernal Diaz s del Castillo,soldier of fortuneand conquistador with Cortezin Mexico, . , abridgedand editéd byB.,G.Herzog,and'illustratedwith centuriIndian sixteenth drawingsof theconquest.W.R.Scott, 165p.$2.50. 1942. In 1519Cortezandabandof lessthan700 the adventurousfollowerslandednn ,coast ofMexico.Fromthislandingplace,called Cruz,they VillaRicadelaVera pushedover the highmountainstowardthe waywas strongly valley ofMexico.The contested.by hostileIndians,but thehomesand Spaniardsseemedsuperhumanto the guns of the nativeswhoweresoon terrifiedintosub- mission.Among thebandofconquerorswas Bernal Diaz ,who kept 'delCastillo,a soldier an account oftheexpedition andthefinal canal great battlein thefortified city ofTenochtitlan,now called MexicoCity. Mexico Corksand**Conquestof isan abridgedtranslationof BernalDiaz'story.It isa descriptionof the vivaandexciting conquest byone who actuallytookpart.Thepicture lifeas seen by the.first of Indian Europeansisinteresting °andthebasisiformany later descriptionsof theAztecs.-Theillustrations which are taken fromIndiandrawings illustratedanotherearlyaccount of New.Spain. t. Grades8-12 3. Gill,Richard C.and Hoke,HelenL.ThéStoryof theOther America;il.by Manuel R.Regalado.Houghton,1941.56p. 4$2. Theauthors linkthe history ofSouthAmericawiththat ofEuropeand NNh Americain theirdescriptionof the continentfrom thetime ofdiscoveryto the present. Theyalsoexplainthe economicandpoliticaldevelopment.Thé emphasisison the GoodNeighbor policy;andan attetuptis madetoanswer questionsthat ariseinconnectionwith the present situation:. Theyhavenever really wanted , us to beabig brother do to thembutthey wkantus to beagoodneighborandwaderstandthem. Anaat last, thatis justwhat ishappening. Anew feeling offriendship betweenboththeAmericasNorthand * Southbeganto developwhenthe PanAmerican very name Unionwas formed.Its means a Union ofall theAmericas... from all and foimanyyears,men the.differentcountrieshadbeen tryingto formit. SimeonBolivar, the great Liberator,wasthefirstone: as longago as 1826, he triedto bring theAmerican countriestogether.Butthatwas toosoon. They stillhadto "settledown." Manymarginal illustrationsdecoratethe.pages.Anappendix informationoneach givesbrief country.The endpapersaremapsofmodern SouthAmerica. andcolonial Grades5-7 4. Goetz,Delia. Neighborsto theSouth;il.withphotographs, . Harcourt,1941. 302p.$2.50. ; V. A discussionof 12Centraland SouthAmericancountries photographic &today.Theclear illustratiónsandopen page giyethe bookan invitingappearance norwill thechild bedisappointed in the as thereare many graphicepisodes, suchaswhena Spanishconqueror tooka piece of and placed paper, crushed itin his tiand, iton the table Worethe kingto describethe America. topographyof South Eachcountry' isconsidered separately.Essentialfacts aboutthegeography, climate,and pioOleare, brought out; butthroughthe bookthere isenough of humaninterestto give thesketchesindividuality. Grade V. 5-9 r . I. , " 1, t47,, 5.Green,Philip L.Our Latin American Neighbors.Hastings /Muse, 1941.182p.4$2. Students interestedin,..ttedevelopment ofracesand the influence of environ- ment onthe peoples ofTiationswill find these elements of Latin Americanciviliza- tiondiscussed clearly in this brief book. Amongthe questions consideredare: The origin'ofman onthe American hemisphere; the importa4eof Indian civiliza- tims in South America; the fusion of.racesrepresented in the Conquisiadores; the influence of the Negro in Latin America; the geographical conditions 'respon- sible for determining differencesamongthe people; ancrthe growing importanceof 'Latin America in the economic life of the world. Grades 10-12 6. Hager, Alice R.Wings Over the Americas.Macmillan,1941. 162p.$2.50. A flight around South America inaclipper shipwasthe adventvrousexperience of the author.Her asqignmentwas totakealook at the investments thathad been made in sky routes by the United States çompanies;to find out justwhen.), the United States stands in the terrific aerial competition ahead; andto learn what bettittr rilations and busineis opportunities and travelfacilities might result from the'new transport system.Some of Ike difficulties describedarethose of preparingalanding field in countiies that hadneverpeenevenaccurately mapped, -and where disease, wild beasts, and reptilesmenace.The author injects lively personal anecdotes about the people and region into hergraphic reportingonthe technique of clipper Dying in the conquest of airoverSouth America. Grades 7-12 7. Headline Books.The Foreign Policy Association.Paper.25 centi each. In this series of bookletsareseveralonthe American Republics.Allare non- technical but authoritative presentationsof thecurrent problems of inter- American cooperation.Theyare avaluable contributionto the understanding of Latin America andto the formation of sound concepts about the American Republics.Titles relatedto subjectare: Delis Goetz and VarianF The Good Neigh story of thetwoAmericas.1940.96p. John McCulloch.Challengeto theAmericas.1940.64p. Joan Raushenbush.Look at tin America.1940.64p.