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The Best of the Spring Season
by William Cole
The Saturday Review, May 4, 1974, pp. 42-50
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Reviewed Books and Films
  1. Who Needs Donuts? (1974)
    Mark Alan Stamaty
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  2. Making Puppets Come Alive (1974)
    Larry Engler and Carol Fijan
    How to Learn and Teach Hand Puppetry
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  3. How to Play Baseball Better Than You Did Last Season (1974)
    Jonah Kalb
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  4. Shadowplay (1974)
    George Mendoza and Prasanna Rao
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  5. Save the Earth (1974)
    Betty Miles
    An Action Handbook for Kids
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  6. Thor Heyerdahl and the Reed Boat Ra (1974)
    Barbara Beasley Murphy and Norman Kent Baker
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  7. Candies, Cookies, Cakes (1974)
    Aileen Paul and Arthur Hawkins
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  8. Soup (1974)
    Robert Newton Peck
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  9. Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat (1974)
    Alvin Schwartz
    Superstitions and Other Beliefs
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  10. Jenny's Revenge (1974)
    Anne Norris Baldwin
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  11. Sunset in a Spider Web (1974)
    Virginia Olsen Baron
    Sijo Poetry of Ancient Korea
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  12. Harry Is a Scaredy-Cat (1974)
    Byron Barton
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  13. Alfred Goes House Hunting (1974)
    Bill Binzen
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  14. The Mushroom Center Disaster (1974)
    N.M. Bodecker
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  15. The Green Isle (1974)
    Philip Burton
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  16. Take Tarts as Tarts Is Passing (1974)
    Eleanor L. Clymer
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  17. The Student Who Became King in Spite of Himself (1974)
    Colos
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  18. Two Good Friends (1974)
    Judy Delton
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  19. The Seal and the Slick (1974)
    Don Freeman
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  20. The History of Mother Twaddle and the Marvellou... (1974)
    Paul Galdone
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  21. The Little Witch's Black Magic Cookbook (1972)
    Linda Glovach
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  22. Hugh and Fitzhugh (1974)
    Peter Goodspeed
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  23. Mr. Tickle (1974)
    Roger Hargreaves
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  24. Mr. Silly (1974)
    Roger Hargreaves
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  25. Mr. Topsy-Turvy (1974)
    Roger Hargreaves
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  26. Mr. Bump (1974)
    Roger Hargreaves
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  27. The Gorilla Did It (1974)
    Barbara Shook Hazen
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  28. Pippin and Robber Grumblecroak's Big Baby (1973)
    Margriet Heymans
    A Puppet's Tale
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  29. The Cat and the Mouse Who Shared a House (1974)
    Ruth Hurlimann
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  30. Firerose (1974)
    Susan Jeschke
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  31. The Mystery of the Missing Red Mitten (1974)
    Steven Kellogg
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  32. Run, Little Monkeys! Run, Run, Run! (1974)
    Juliet Kepes
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  33. A Book of Sorcerers and Spells (1974)
    Ruth Manning-Sanders
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  34. Tortoise Tales (1974)
    Ruth Manning-Sanders
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  35. Bubblebath! (1974)
    Fran Manushkin
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  36. Arrow to the Sun (1974)
    Gerald McDermott
    A Pueblo Indian Tale
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  37. The Little Old Woman Who Used Her Head, and Other Stories (1973)
    Hope H. Newell
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  38. Funny Bags (1974)
    Betsy Pflug
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  39. See What I Caught! (1974)
    Ann Thomas Piecewicz
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  40. Circus (1974)
    Jack Prelutsky
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  41. Clementine (1974)
    Robert M. Quackenbush
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  42. The Gollywhopper Egg (1974)
    Anne F. Rockwell
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  43. Kongo and Kumba (1974)
    Alice Schick
    Two Gorillas
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  44. Questions and Answers About Horses (1974)
    Millicent E. Selsam
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  45. Let's Catch a Fish! (1974)
    Jack Stokes
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  46. Free to Be...You and Me (1974)
    Marlo Thomas
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  47. Crazy Brobobalou (1973)
    Jan Wahl
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  48. Magic Tales and Magic Tricks (1974)
    William Wiesner
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  49. Tom Thumb (1974)
    William Wiesner
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  50. Old MacDonald Had an Apartment House (1974)
    Judi Barrett
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  51. Michael Bond's Book of Bears (1974)
    Michael Bond
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  52. A Dog's Book of Bugs (1967)
    Elizabeth Griffen
    2 Reviews, 2 Readable
  53. Fish Is Fish (1974)
    Leo Lionni
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  54. Potato Talk (1969)
    Ennis Rees
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  55. The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge (1974)
    Hildegarde H. Swift
    1 Review, 1 Readable
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