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Child Life [v7 #4, April 1928] ed. Rose Waldo (Rand McNally, 35¢, 64pp, cover by Hazel Frazee) Details supplied by Denny Lien from archive.org. 197 · When April Smiled · Rose Waldo · pm 198 · Sing, World, Sing! · Nancy Byrd Turner · pm 200 · The Woodpecker Who Was Lazy · Florence Page Jaques · vi 201 · How a Single Bunny Overcame a Herd of Elephants · Dhan Gopal Mukerji · vi 204 · My Pet Robin · Ruth Baxter Hicks · vi 206 · The Story of a Musical Home · Henry Purmont Eames · ar 208 · The Wee Squirrelees [Wee Squirrelees] · Grace Drayton · cs 210 · Mary, Rose and the Horseshoe Crabs · Beatrice Plumb · vi 212 · Mary Ellen’s Birthday Cake · Helen Quinn Springer · vi 214 · An Easter Party · Myrtle Jamison Trachsel · ar 215 · The Golden Fish · Helen Hudson · pz 218 · Baked Eggs for Easter Breakfast · Clara Ingram Judson · ar 220 · Our Workshop · A. Neely Hall · cl 223 · Chip’s Chums · Marjorie Barrows · cs 224 · Our Book Friends · Avis Freeman Meigs · ar 226 · Journeys to Advertising Land [Robert and Ruth] · Anon. · vi 227 · The Hide-and-Seek House [Part 3 of ?] · Mabel S. Merrill · sl 231 · April Fool · Eleanor Hammond · pm 233 · Let Us Draw · Ethel M. Rice · ms 234 · April Dear · Eleanor Hammond · pm 237 · Our Hammock · Miriam Oll Munson · pz 239 · Deer · David Newell · ar 245 · Good Citizens’ League · Frances Cavanah · cl 246 · Your Dress and Dolly’s · Marie Driggs · ms 247 · An Easter Eggmobile · John Dukes McKeen · ms 248 · The Peanut Shower · Ruth Gipson Plowhead · vi 251 · Joy Givers’ Club · [Various] · cl

Child Life [November 1931] (Rand McNally, 35¢, 75pp+, 8½" x 11½", cover by Hazel Frazee) Details taken from eBay listing. Lonnie · Cornelia Meigs · ss; illustrated by Genevieve Foster Page Pierre and His Dragon · Eloise Lownsbery · ss; illustrated by Donn P. Crane Letters to Channy · [Various] · ss A Trip Around the World · Heluiz Washburne · ss; illustrated by Electra Papadopoulos The Key Without a Lock · Eleanor Hammond · ss; illustrated by Genevieve Foster The Pickaninny Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · ss; illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins The Adventures of Don and Ring · Willa Moore Cheatham · ss; illustrated by Clarence Biers

Child Life [v11 #6, June 1932] ed. Marjorie Barrows (Rand McNally, 35¢, 60pp, cover by John Gee) Details supplied by Denny Lien from archive.org. 263 · My Message to You · Frederick Stock · ms 264 · Frontispiece · Janet Scott · il 265 · Talents Differ · Laura E. Richards · ??; this page is missing from copy. 266 · Letters to Channy · Carleton Washburne · ss 268 · The Battle Hymn of the Republic · Laura E. Richards · ar 270 · The Moaning Haystack · Edith Mason Armstrong · ss 272 · The Inn of the Twin Anchors [Part 2 of ?] · Augusta Huiell Seaman · sl 274 · Muggins Mouse Turns White · Marjorie Barrows · pm 276 · A Modern Convenience · Margaret R. Dickson · ss 278 · Little Boy Who Didn’t Like His Breakfast · Alice Eager Kelly · ss 280 · Our Book Friends · Anon. · br 281 · Funny Noises · Grace Noll Crowell · vi 281 · The Dog That Wanted to Make Friends · Elsie Ball · vi 281 · The Sea Shell Fairy · Anna Williams Arnett · vi 282 · Joan of Arc · Helen Hudson · pz 283 · Picture Tales from History · Frances Neale · cs 284 · Toytown Tattler · Alfred Wideman · cl 285 · Child Life Music Contest · Anne Faulkner Oberndorfer · cn 286 · Child Life Picture Pages · [Various] · pi 288 · Child Life Pantry · Mary Isabel Barber · cl 290 · Our Workshop · A. Neely Hall · cl 291 · Journeys to Advertising Land [Robert and Ruth] · Anon. · vi 292 · The Well Dressed Child · Carolyn T. Radnor-Lewis · cl 293 · In the Shops · Anon. · ms 295 · Queer Pets · Anon. · ar 298 · Roly-Poly Says Good Morning · Eleanor H. Cooper · vi 299 · Child Life Kitchen · Clara Ingram Judson · cl 300 · Midget-Movies · Frank B. Cook · gm 301 · The Buggville Ball Busters · John Dukes McKee · gm 302 · Good Citizens’ League · Anon. · cl 303 · Strange Adventures of Marmaduke Monk · John Dukes McKee · cs 309 · Joy Givers’ Club · [Various] · cl

Child Life [December 1933] (Rand McNally, 35¢, 75pp+, 8½" x 11½", cover by Clarence Biers) Details taken from eBay listing. The Five Little Bears Go to School · Sterling North · ss Bertram and the Reindeer [Bertram] · Paul T. Gilbert · ss The Riddle at Live Oaks [Part 1 of ?] · Augusta Huiell Seaman · sl; illustrated by F. Choate Christmas Inside Out · Edith Mason Armstrong · ss Miss Sally Bacon’s Chimney · Florence Choate · ss; illustrated by Florence Choate The Mystery of Hidden Camp [Part 4 of 5] · Mary Dickerson Donahey · sl

Child Life [v13 #1, January 1934] ed. Marjorie Barrows (Rand McNally, 25¢, xiii+48pp, quarto, cover by Clarence Biers) The Value of Art in the School · Leona Welles · ar 4 · If I Were a One-Legged Pirate · Mildred Plew Merryman · pm; illustrated by John Gee 6 · Sojo · Erick Berry · ss; illustrated by Erick Berry 10 · The Riddle at Live Oaks [Part 2 of ?] · Augusta Huiell Seaman · sl; illustrated by Florence Choate 14 · Bertram and the Llama [Bertram] · Paul T. Gilbert · ss; illustrated by Minnie H. Rousseff 16 · The Mystery of Hidden Camp [Part 5 of 5] · Mary Dickerson Donahey · sl; illustrated by Ruth Eger 18 · The Star Performer · Edith Mason Armstrong · ss; illustrated by Genevieve Foster 20 · Patch · Trella Dick · ss; illustrated by R. Blake Van Nuys 22 · Read-Aloud Time · [Various] · ms 23 · Roughy’s Invitation to Dinner · Diana Thorne · ct 24 · Queer Pets · [Various] · pi 26 · I Stare at the Cow · Polly Chase · pm 27 · Our Book Friends · [Various] · br 28 · The Magic Cave Peep Show · A. Neely Hall · ms

Child Life [v16 #2, February 1937] ed. Marjorie Barrows (Rand McNally, 48pp, large, cover by Marie A. Lawson) Details supplied by Paul Di Filippo. Peach Paradise · Mary D. Lipke · ss Out of the Fissure · Ruby Lorraine Radford · ss Topsy Turvy Circus · Georges Duplaix · ss On the Wings of the Hurricane · Mabel Ansley Murphy · ss Bunker vs. Wolves · Harriet Bunn · ss Adventures in Candle Street [Part 2 of ?] · Constance Savery · sl

Child Life [v16 #5, May 1937] ed. Marjorie Barrows (Rand McNally, 25¢, 48pp, cover by J. Allen St. John) Details supplied by Denny Lien from archive.org. 194 · Frontispiece · Maud & Miska Petersham · il 195 · The Mocking Bird · Maurice Lesemann · pm 196 · The Box a Bee Crept In · Laura Benét · ss 200 · A Visitor from the Circus · Edith Mason Armstrong · ss 202 · Bertram and the Winged Horse, Pegasus [Bertram] · Paul T. Gilbert · ss 205 · The Boy with Magic in His Head · Mabel Ansley Murphy · ar [Thomas A. Edison] 206 · Adventures in Candle Street [Part 5 of ?] · Constance Savery · sl 211 · Child Life Movie Town News · Gladys Hall · cl 212 · The Fairy Basket · Fannie L. Michaels · vi 212 · Garden Plans · Annie E. Moore · pm 212 · Unbuttoning the Peas · Yelista Presson Leisl · pm 214 · Child Life Pantry · Mary I. Barber · cl 216 · Child Life Picture Pages · Murillo · pi (r) 218 · The Well-Dressed Child · Carolyn T. Radnor-Lewis · cl 220 · Our Book Friends · Muriel Fuller · br 220 · Mothers’ Service Bureau · Alice Winston · cl 222 · Child Life Kitchen · Helen Hamilton · cl 223 · Puzzle · Robert Fulton · pz 224 · The Maypole · Mary Carolyn Davies · pm 226 · Child Life Hobby Club · [The Readers] · lc 226 · Giving Plays · Margaret Ford Allen · ar 232 · Child Life Pen and Pencil Club · [Various] · cn 234 · Strange Bait · Lois Kennedy · ss 235 · Make an Easy Place Card · Hazel Frazer · ms 236 · Special Hobby Prize Contest · Anon. · cn 238 · Good Citizens’ League · Anon. · cl 240 · Murillo and His Story-Telling Pictures · Helen Boyd · ar [Murillo]

Child Life [v16 #6, June 1937] ed. Marjorie Barrows (Rand McNally, 48pp, large, cover by J. Allen St. John) Details supplied by Paul Di Filippo. Ardan’s Pooka · Ella Young · ss Sugar Island [Part 1 of ?] · Dee Dunsing · sl Bertram and the Benevolent Id [Bertram] · Paul T. Gilbert · ss Adventure in Salem · Florence Choate · ss Handsome Is · Helen Train Hilles · ss Adventures in Candle Street [Part 6 of ?] · Constance Savery · sl When Barbara Was John · Maude L. Robinson · ss

Child Life [v17 #1, January 1938] ed. Marjorie Borrows (cover by Keith Ward) Details taken from eBay listing. The Ice Boat Race · Olive Burns Kirby · ?? Bertram and the Sea Lion [Bertram] · Paul T. Gilbert · ss; illustrated by Barbara Maynard The Lost Pup · Stella Mead · pm; illustrated by Reginald Birch Holes in His Pockets · Edith Mason Armstrong · ss; illustrated by Genevieve Foster Steam Comes Upriver · Josephine E. Phillips · ??; illustrated by Reginald Birch The Bunny · Adelaide Love · pm The Wogg and the Baggle · Laura E. Richards · ??; illustrated by Robert Lawson The Mystery of Belden Place [Part 4 of ?] · Francis Cavannah · sl; illustrated by Alice Carsey Corporal Bud and His Adventures · Mary Dickerson Donahey · ct; illustrated by Genevieve Foster Child Life Pen and Pencil Club: The Ghost of the Grandfather Clock · Alyce Willoughby · ss Child Life Picture Pages - Schools Around the World · Anon. · pi Read Aloud Time - with Stories · Emilie Poulsson & Elsie Hall · ss The Cat That Smelled Trouble · Gertrude Simms · ??; illustrated by Eleanor Eadie & A. G. Peck Mary Gould Davis Recommends - New Picture Story Books · Mary Gould · br Verse · Anne Perez-Guerra · pm Children Need Filling Meals (Recipes) · Mary Isabel Barber · ms Well Dressed Child · Carolyn T. Radnor-Lewis · cl Cold Weather Foods · Edith Shuck · ?? Things to Do for Boys and Girls Puzzle · Hans Kreis · pz Paper Doll Fun · Margaret C. & Florence J. Hoopes · ms How to Make Shadow Portraits · Mabel Jones Woodbury · ms The Insect World · Mary Frances Summers · ms Midget Movies - Make Your Own · Anon. · ms Child Life Hobby Club · Anon. · ms Child Life Movie Town News · Anon. · ms Let Us Draw · Ethel M. Rice · ms

Child Life [v18 #6, June 1939] ed. Wilma K. McFarland (Rand McNally, 25¢, 48pp, cover by Thornton Utz) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 241 · Vacation · Marion LeBron Pigman · pm 242 · Books for Out of Doors · Mary Gould Davis · br 244 · A Boy of Norway [Fridtjof Nansen] · Anna Gertrude Hall · bg 248 · With Bertram in Africa [Part 5 of 6; Bertram] · Paul T. Gilbert · sl 251 · Mixed Mysteries · Jeannette Covert Nolan · ss 252 · Fiesta · Margaret C. Leighton · ss 255 · The House of the Three Deer [Part 3 of ?] · Marjorie Medary · sl 258 · Grandmother’s Eardrops · Marjorie Hill Allee · ss 260 · Tree House Treasure · Janice Beckwith · ss 262 · Lookout Trail · Cara E. Van Deusen · ss 264 · It’s Fun to Travel—Child Life Picture Pages · Anon. · pi 266 · The Story of Tatters · Kathleen J. Bickler · cs 268 · Barber Shops · Dixie Willson · pm 268 · The Jar of Jam · Dixie Willson · pm 268 · Lonesome · Dixie Willson · pm 268 · Diana Gwen Marie! · Dixie Willson · pm 268 · Granddaddy’s Lap · Dixie Willson · pm 269 · Scarecrow Jake and Jocko · Belle Coates · ss 270 · Fashions—Clothes for Travel and Vacation Play · Carolyn T. Radnor-Lewis · ar 272 · Children’s Meals for Travel and Vacation · Mary Isabel Barber · ar 274 · Book Notes for Mothers · Muriel Fuller · br 276 · Do and Let Do · Marie Falco · cl 277 · Mothers’ Service Bureau · Alice Winston · cl 279 · Poems for Summer _279 · Look on the Bright Side · Carolyn Wells · pm _279 · Seeing the World · Polly Chase · pm _279 · Song for a Summer Evening · Mildred Bowers Armstrong · pm _279 · Two Squirrels · Adelaide Love · pm 281 · Junior Editors · [Various] · cl 284 · Good Citizens on the Road · Anon. · cl 285 · Indoors and Outdoors in June · Verna Grisier McCully · gm 286 · Let’s Make Some Flowers · James Marquette · ar 287 · Puzzle Page · Hans Kreis · pz 288 · The Lost Baby · Jane Bateman · cs

Child Life [v21 #7, July 1942] ed. Wilma K. McFarland (Rand McNally, 25¢, 48pp, cover by Walter S. Oschman) Details supplied by Denny Lien from archive.org. 289 · Salute to the Flag · Dorothy Brown Thompson · pm 290 · Child Life Good Citizens League · Marion Le Bron · cl 292 · Freedom Comes Again · Hubert Evans · ss 294 · Here and There with the Camera Men · [Various] · pi 296 · The Goats of Gruyères · Anna Milo Upjohn · ss 299 · Movie News · Anon. · mr 300 · Hotel Mystery [Part 6 of ?] · Martha King · sl 302 · No Jewel · Walter de la Mare · pm 303 · Cockears and Blimpy [Part 2 of ?] · Harriet Bunn · sl 306 · Orphan Annie · Trella Dick · ss 308 · Home Run · Chesley Kahmann · ss 310 · Men of the Air · Eleanor Graham · pm 311 · Let’s Find a Book · Lena Barksdale · br 312 · Just a Stone’s Throw · Esther Greenacre Hall · ss 315 · Take Care of That Rubber! · Dr. M. C. Teague · ar 316 · Hiking Right · Elon Jessup · ar 317 · For Our Soldiers and Sailors · Verna Grisier McCully · ar 318 · Corky and the Comanches · E. W. Baker · ss 320 · A Victory Food Sale · Lois Rossman · ar 324 · The Saddle Bag Mystery [Part 1 of ?] · Anon. · cs; illustrated by Paul Proehl 326 · Benjamin Jones Goes Swimming · Aileen Fisher · pm 327 · If a Fellow Could · L. Kate Deal · ct 328 · Quiz Kids’ Quiz · Richard Williams · qz 329 · The Junior Editors · [Various] · cl 332 · Fun to Do · Anon. · pz 334 · Circus Teeter-Totter · Alma Reisberg · gm 335 · The Story of Timothy Winks · H. M. Snyder · pm 336 · Parents’ and Teachers’ Page · Anon. · cl

Child Life [v32 #8, October 1953] ed. Adelaide Field (Child Life, Inc., 42pp) Details supplied by Denny Lien from archive.org. ifc. · Halloween · Katherine Watson & Leah Reven Burg · sg 1 · The Witch · Joan Ashurst · pm 3 · Bertram’s Halloween Wish [Bertram] · Paul Gilbert · ss 6 · Spook Party · Frances I. Shinn · pm 8 · Davey’s Rocket Ride · Richard Elam · ss; set in the far future of 2003. 11 · The Hidden Treasure [Part 1 of 2] · Geraldine McGaughan · ss 14 · Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater · Elsie M. Fowler · pm 16 · Who-o Scared Who? · Catherine Corley Anderson · pl 19 · Pen and Pencil Press · Child Life Readers · cl 20 · Aunt Dorothy’s Mailbox · [The Readers] · lc 22 · Guessing Games · Anon. · pz 24 · Food Fun · Anon. · cl 25 · Party Games · Louise Price Bell · gm 26 · Jingles · [Various] · pm 27 · Missing Persons · Anon. · pz 28 · Game Instructions · Edith Pond Post · gm 29 · The Moon Queen, a rebus serial · Deborah Anderson · pz 30 · Halloween Game · Edith Pond Post · gm 32 · Rainy Day Fun · C. C. Anderson · ms 34 · Space Helmet to Make · Jean Russ · ms 35 · Dot to Dot · Anon. · pz 36 · Who? · Anon. · pz 37 · Chas Builds a Rocket Ship · Anon. · ar 40 · Books and Records · [Various] · rv ibc. · Song for Outer Space · Anita Hovey · pm

Child Life [v36 #2, February 1957] ed. Adelaide Field (Child Life, Inc., 32pp) Details supplied by Denny Lien from archive.org. 2 · King Midas · Ernestine Cobern Beyer · pm 3 · Bill and Betty · Anon. · pz 4 · Jerry the Groundhog · Frances B. Watts · vi 6 · Name for Dog · Hazel Knapp Dallas · vi 8 · Sally Snow and Henry · Gladys Cleone Carpenter · vi 10 · Under Pirate Fire [Part 2 of 2] · Audrey Beyer · ss 13 · Mr. Plinkett-Plunkett and the Weather · Polly Curen · vi 16 · The One to Ten Parade · Ada Bassett · pm 18 · Aunt Dorothy’s Mailbox · [The Readers] · lc 20 · Food Fun · Anon. · cl 20 · Fun Club · Anon. · cl 21 · Jingles · [Various] · pm 22 · Guessing Games · Anon. · gm 23 · Snowbowl to Make · Anon. · ms 24 · Find the Twins · Anon. · pz 25 · Animals in Hiding · Anon. · pz 25 · Winter Fun Scrambles · Anon. · pz 26 · Valen-treasures · Anon. · ms 28 · Animals That Never Were · [Various] · ms 30 · Make-it Weather Station · Anon. · ar 31 · Special Valentine · Dorothy T. Savage · pm