The New World of the Children Volumes 1+2

  

The New World of the Children' is a hardback 1971 publication (Volume One of two volumes); in orange cloth covered boards with gold embossed imagery and titling both on the spine and the front cover. The books is complete and is intended as an introduction to the world full of facts and stories for children up to 13 years old.

It contains 8 b&w and 8 colour plates at the back. It also includes a guide for parents! There is a printer's error - the contents mention an author's foreword which is not present and could not have been present when published (given the arrangement of the pages). Contents: SECTION ONE: EARLY DAYS: To My Parents (from a little boy); To My Parents (from a little girl); What I Can See from My Cot; What I Can See from My Pram; What People Mean to Me; Adventures of a Crawler; Adventures of a Toddler; My Mealtimes; Getting Up and Going to Bed; SECTION TWO: HOME AND FAMILY: A New Baby Arrives; Our Animal Friends; Our Tradesmen and Other Callers; What Happens to Waste?

Where Does Tap Water Come From? Where Does Gas Come From? Where Does Electric Light Come From?

This hardback 1971 publication by International Learning Systems Corporation (Volume Two of two volumes) in orange cloth with gold embossed imagery and words both on the spine and the front cover is intended as an introduction to the world full of facts and stories for infants and children up to 13 years old. This naturally follows on from Volume One, but is a standalone volume in itself. Contents: SECTION SIX: TWENTIETH-CENTURY SCIENCE: Introduction; Electronics; Radio; Television and Radar; X-Rays and Other Space Waves; The Atomic Theory; Inside the Atom; Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy; Radioactivity in Nature; More Great Names; SECTION SEVEN: HOME ENTERTAINMENTS: Toys Made from Paper; A Paper Village; Fun With String; Fun With Cards; SECTION EIGHT: THE FINE ARTS: What is Art? Beautiful Sculpture; Strange Sculpture; Beautiful Pictures; Betty's Picture Show; Child Art; Great Books; Bookland; Poetry; Proverbs; Helping Children to Enjoy Music; How music Began; The King Who Loved Music; Some Great Composers; Other Composers; Everybody's Music; The School Concert; The Music Wizard. SECTION NINE: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE: The Child as an Individual and a Member of Society; Aunt Agatha and the Animals; The Law of the Jungle; How Kindness Came Into the World; A Kind Deed; We Have to Decide Whether a Stranger is Nice or Nasty; The Nice Stranger; The Doubtful Stranger; Majorie and Jack.