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The Patent Leather Thumping Shoes, by Lucille Hooper. Illustrated by Ernest Norling. 220 pp. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. $3.50

Probably for the first time in their underprivileged little lives, some lucky children are now going to have the opportunity to read a book of absolutely no social significance. Mrs. Lucille Hooper, a Washington State school teacher without a message, has written a book which concerns itself not with international cooperation, not with religious tolerance, and not even with the all-too-seldom understood intricacies of the concrete mixer. It concerns itself with telling a story for children—a tale which, from beginning to end, is enthrallingly, enchantingly, impossibly Not True.

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Aloïse Buckley Heath

Aloïse Buckley Heath (1918–1967) was the sister of National Review’s founder, William F. Buckley Jr.

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The Patent Leather Thumping Shoes, by Lucille Hooper. Illustrated by Ernest Norling. 220 pp. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. $3.50

Probably for the first time in their underprivileged little lives, some lucky children are now going to have the opportunity to read a book of absolutely no social significance. Mrs. Lucille Hooper, a Washington State school teacher without a message, has written a book which concerns itself not with international cooperation, not with religious tolerance, and not even with the all-too-seldom understood intricacies of the concrete mixer. It concerns itself with telling a story for children—a tale which, from beginning to end, is enthrallingly, enchantingly, impossibly Not True.