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Children selected from feur schools to lake purl in lhe ook Quizt Among the books presented to them for this eyvice we see such titles as "Lassie Come Home', "Mu. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch", "Anne of Avonlco", "Dainty, a Story of a Foxhound". “Robech of Sunny- brook Form". A Book Quiz to Combat the Comics By Mrs. Frank Alexander HE need for some incentive for children to read better books was selfâ€"eVident at a Citizenship and Education meeting of lmview Women’s Institute in March, 1953. A uestionnaire had been sent to two local chools regarding their reading habits and avorite radio programs. The answers. with- ' out names. were passed around to our mem- burs. many of them mothers of the pupils. he long lists of comic books, with little or no mention of library books, were Viewed in l orror. Then. in September we noticed an item in an American magazine stating that ith' American Association of University Women had sponsored a Radio Book Quiz. So thr- idea was born! At our October meeting every- one was interested and a committee of three was appointed to organize the "Better Read- ing Campaign." We selected a list of well-known books? irom 10 to 15 is a suitable numberainclud- mg Alice in Wonderland, Black Beauty. Tom . Sawyer, Bambi, Little Women, Treasure Island. .. Pinocchio, Heidi, Robinson Crusoe, Beautiful t J0. and Anne of Green Gables, Besides being Dflpular we thought theSe books were most i apt to be found in a rural school library. ' IfEHEI‘s were sent to four local schools ad- "1311'13 them of the contest and stating a few 1'1‘195- The children were to read as many books as possible from the list. The quiz was ‘, 10 be in the Spring and two pupils from each i SCh001 could enter (preferably a boy and 3 WINTER I955 girl]. About twu Weeks before the quiz each contestant was l'l‘qllil'l‘ti to \\’l'liL‘ a letter to the committee sliding his name, our, gi'uili‘. books read, his favourite hook and why. Muri- than the Chosen lwu could upply in l'Elh‘l' ol' lusl minute substitution. Ezu'll child participating was to receive a L‘flllCl iJllllk us n pl‘i/A' whili' the boy and [111'] with liltLilt'Sl points were to receive tum books in ilt‘ip start their honin- library. Then lhr- t'iinllllliii't' Inn] to road lhi- hooks. making out questions and unswvrs. We had about twenty questions from with book i)('i(1l‘l‘ we finally [host 1150 of “11' best ram-s. 'l‘hrisi‘ proved in he more than sutl‘u-ii'ul. We hurl to be very careful lhul cat-h question could haw' only one pUHHli)il' answrr from thv wholi- book. The iinsWI-rs hiid to be short. Each question had to stand by ilsr-lf and not depend on ii previous answer, Thr- questions. had to be iniE‘i‘L‘Hllnfl l'm' ijtilil rontosttml and aucti- euro. eg, "What did Anne put in “‘10 cake by mistaki- thr- day that the minile and his Wife came to [I‘ll-3'. Also “Why did Tom Sawyer and Huck take the dl'ild cat. to the graveyard at midnight?" Bv ri'ralling these incidents other ('iilidi‘L'I'i might want to read the books. In order to ensure a laruo audience of childâ€" run each school was asde to provide two numbers for a program, Three children's films were also shown. Immediately before the quiz began the ('hildrcn were taken aside and each contestant those a diil‘oront hook on Which 25