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BOOK REVIEWS 
RASCAL by Sterling North — wiinner of the Dutton Animal Book Award — 
is a memoir of a better era. Filling you with nostalgia for the days of 
fresh, clean streams, and uncut forests in Wisconsin and Illinois, with end- 
less places nearby for a boy to explore wildlife and nature, here is the 
delightful, humorous story of the pet raccoon kept by Sterling North when 
he was a boy of eleven, building an 18-foot canoe in his living room. Non- 
fiction, the book is refreshing in the local color of life in 1918, when violets 
grew in your grass and not just in State Parks, when you could swim in 
your own stream, and your father had time to take you fishing all weekend. 
After entertaining you throughout, RASCAL comes to a poignantly moving 
ending. 
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THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY — by Sheila Burnford of Ontario, Canada. 
This is a fascinating, moving tale of three animals boarding with a bachelor 
in the north woods while their own “family” is on a trip to England. The 
three pets — a Labrador retriever, a bull terrier, and a Siamese cat — 
get away when the bachelor goes hunting, and start an unbelievable jour- 
ney, trying to go back west 250 miles where home lies. The story will 
grip you with the power of loyalty, the fight for survival in the unknown 
wilderness, the beauty by day and terror by night of journeying through 
forests, waters, and fields, and a few brushes with civilization. This will 
evoke a love for animals and wildlife you have never known before. THE 
INCREDIBLE JOURNEY was recently filmed by Walt Disney; the last 
time we tried to see the movie, the line was two and a half blocks long. 
Here is a book that belongs on your shelf if you love animals and nature. 
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Flowering Dates of Local Plants 
By Floyd A. Swink 
Naturalist and Plant ITaxonomist 
The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, [llinots 
An authoritative guide to all flowering plants to be found in 
the northern half of illinois and nearby areas throughout the 
growing season. Covers earliest and latest flowering dates of wild 
plants and shrubs, giving Latin and common names. An indispens- 
able 10-page guide for the hiker, outdoors lover, and botanist. 
A Special Reprint of the Illinois Audubon Society 
PRICES: Single Copy — 25« 6 Copies — $1.35 12 Copies — $2.50 
Sent Postpaid. Order from: 
LeRoy Tunstall, 1.A.S. Book Chairman 
323 East Wesley Street © Wheaton, Illinois 
