A programme for children under five
Nursery rhymes, stories, and music
Charles, the hero of Ruth Ainsworth's stories, is a small boy, and the things he does are the things that any small boy enjoys or would enjoy—making boats, for instance, out of corks at the seaside, as happens in Friday's tale this week, or playing gaoies about grown-up life, as in Wednesday's story, ' Charles Goes to the Office.'
Charles' mosher understands his needs.
She might well complain about ' bulging' pockets; instead she makes a ' useful bag ’ for his treasures ;with unexpectedly satisfactory results in today's story, ' Charles and the String Plait ') and goes to considerable trouble over a hobby-horse in tomorrow's, ‛Charles and Dapple.’ She has, moreover, a wise way with Charles when he is ' difficult,' as indeed he sometimes is, and as will be found in Thursday's tale, ‛ Charles is Cross.’ Daphne Oxenford is the s'oryteller who reintroduces Charles to his young admirers this week. Elizabeth A. Taylor