MOUNDASBUILDERYOUNG WINGS - THE J UN I O R L1TER A RY GU I LD - UGU 57 - 1951

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A youth literary publication featuring curated selections for young readers, including stories focused on American history, adventure, and family-centered excitement. The text introduces “Who Discovered America?” through a narrative about pre-Columbian life and mistaken assumptions by early explorers, highlighting indigenous peoples as original Americans. It also presents “Kay Everett Calls CQ,” with themes of courage, amateur radio, and a looming forest fire, and previews “There’s a Secret in Those Packages,” set during a busy summer of work, friendships, and mail-driven mysteries. Additional author and Dewey classification details are included.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

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Pages16

Reading Time25 min

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Who Discovered America?

Asian migrators

Americans before Columbus

It Was Up to Kay to Make the Sacrifice

Kay Everett Calls CQ

There’s a Secret in Those Packages

Up and Down the River

How Does She Do It?

MOUNDASBUILDERYOUNG WINGS THE J UN I O R L1TER A RY GU I LD (UGU 57 1951 Y ○ U N G W I N G S From The Junior Literary Guild Helen Ferris,Editor-in-Chief Ruth Clement Hoyer,Editor of Young Wings Who Discovered America? had been the real discoverers ofthe Americas.Who were thoseancestors?From where did theycome?How has man learnedabout these prehistoric people?Beginning with the ice-age ani-mals,Elizabeth Chesley Baity tellsthe dramatic story of the Ameri-cas before the Europeans arrived.That story is Americans beforeColumbus,this month's selectionfor our older boys. Asian migrators TN I492 when Christopher Co-I lumbus arrived at the island henamed San Salvador,copper-skinned people came down to theshore to meet his ships.Thinkinghe had reached the Indies,hecalled the people Indians.But hesoon learned that instead of sail-ing around the world to the FarEast,he had discovered a newworld.And the people who methis ships were not,of course,thepeople of India.They were theoriginal Americans. On pages eight and nine Mrs.Baity,author of Junior Guild'sMan Is a Weaver,talks about In-dians.The artist,C.B.Falls,isalso an old Junior Guild friend.Meet him again on page eleven. For many thousands of yearsbefore Columbus made his dis-covery,men had been living inthe Americas.Some were hunters,wandering about in search ofgame.Others were villagers,tend-ing their cornfields.Still otherslived in beautiful cities where thearts and crafts,the religious cere-monies,and the forms of govern-ment had been highly developed.And the ancestors of these people Americans before Columbus by Eliza-beth Chesley Baity is the new JuniorGuild selection for older boys.It is pub-lished in the regular trade edition byThe Viking Press,Inc.,at $4.00.DeweyClassification:901.Subject headings: I.Anthropology—Indians of NorthAmerica.2.Indians of North America一Antiquities.3.Archaeology—Indians ofNorth America.4.Archaeology—Indiansof South America.s.South America—Civilization,Ancient. It Was Up to Kay to Make the Sacrifice time the idea became a fact.Kay,Diana,and Flip agreed to makethe trip,too.The trailer wasbought,completely restored withpaint and polish,and fitted outwith curtains and furnishings.And four weeks later the girlsstarted across the continent.Ared crayoned line on a giant maptacked to one trailer wall tracedtheir route westward. NEVER had Kay dreamed thatshe would have a vacationlike this one.She had expected tospend the months at home inStafford,North Carolina,and hereshe was journeying across thecountry in a car and trailer withher best friends,Jane and Dianaand Flip.This surprising shift ofplans had come about as the resultof the doctor's suggestion that itwould do Jane a world of good togo West for the summer.Ofcourse Jane was eager to go,buthow could she manage the trip?She was still asking herself how?when all of a sudden,as shewalked along,she spotted a bat-tered anid road-stained trailer atthe rear of a used-car lot. Adventures aplenty and mys-tery,too,await you older girls inKay Everett Calls CQ,by AmeliaLobsenz.Intrigued by Jane's skillas a ham radio operator,Kay tooklessons from Jane as they jour-neyed along.The time was notfar off—though Kay did notknow it—when she would be"calling CQ"on her own.And inoperating without a license,shewould be violating a basic law ofamateur radio and would there-fore be barred from it forever.Still she had to make that sacrificesince there was no other way tosave Jane and to give warning ofthe forest fire. A daring idea flashed throughJane's mind.In an amazingly short The author and the artist areboth new Junior Guild friends.You will meet Mrs.Lobsenz onpage six and Maurice Thomas onpage eleven. Kay Everett Calls CQ by Amelia Lob-senz is the new Junior Literary Guildselection for older girls.It is publishedin the regular trade edition by Van-guard Press,Inc.,at $2.50.DeweyClassification:F(Fiction).Subjectheadings:I.Radio,Amateur—Fiction. # 2.Adventure—Fiction. # There’s

FAQs

What historical premise is introduced in “Who Discovered America?”

The text explains that when Columbus arrived at San Salvador, the people he met were the original Americans, not the people of India.

What drives Kay’s summer journey in “Kay Everett Calls CQ”?

Kay and her friends travel after a doctor’s suggestion that going west would help Jane, and Kay must make sacrifices related to warning about a forest fire.

What role do packages and advertisements play in “There’s a Secret in Those Packages”?

After two packages arrive, events escalate into new friendships and discoveries, while the children also find the right advertisements that lead them to act quickly.

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