Issue Details: First known date: 1930... no. 377 December 1930 of The School Paper : Grades V and VI est. 1912 The School Paper : Grades V and VI
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Notes

  • Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

    Other material in this issue includes:

    • First page picture: 'Holiday Time at the Seaside', Victorian Railways Poster depicting Back Beach, Queenscliff, [161].
    • Poetry: 'The True Santa Claus' (unattributed) with illustration: 'Santa Claus over the City', 162; 'The Jumblies (What Nonsense)' by English author Edward Lear (1812-1888) 165-167; 'Silver Bells' by English writer Hamish Hendry (slightly adapted), 169; 'Christmas as It Used to Be' by Nixon Waterman (slightly adapted), 170-171; 'When Children Play' by Manx poet T. E. Brown (adapted), 172.
    • Fiction: 'The Disabled Soldier' (concluded from previous issue), by Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) 170; 'The Wise Little Bird' by A. S. Isaacs, in Stories from the Rabbis, 171-172.
    • Drama: 'A Queer Family', dramatised from a story by American writer Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), with illustration: 'Ducks at School', 162-164
    • Prose: 'Keeping Christmas', from Our Dumb Animals, Massachusetts, USA, with illustration: 'Our Lower Brethren', from an oil painting 'A Portrait Group of Horses' by H. Septimus Power, a Melbourne artist, 165.
    • Quotes and Aphorisms: 'The Things that are More Excellent' by John Richard Green, 173; 'The Child' by Rabindranath Tagore, 173.
    • Song: 'Deck the Halls', old Welsh Air, 174.
    • Notices: Spelling tests and Price of The School Paper, 172.
  • Preceding or following each piece is a short glossary of the longer words contained therein, as well as notes about people and places mentioned, and comments on the metre of poetry. There are also often 'General Notes' which ask the reader questions about the work.

  • Includes index to The School Paper : Grades V and VI for 1930, 175-176.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1930 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Tree with the Softest Heart, Mervyn Skipper , single work children's fiction children's (p. 167-169)
Note: Illustrations: 'The Bendoo-tree', and 'Queer Trees', from The Meeting Pool.
Fairiesi"Have you ever heard tell of the fairies", Minnie I. Rowe , single work poetry children's (p. 173)
Note: Surrounded by illustrated border.

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