KEIR, GERTRUDE / JACKSON, CAROLIN (ILLUSTRATOR). — The Picnic.

Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege/Oxford University Press, 1951. 0. Reprint of the 1946 (1st) edition. "One of a series of picture reading books with text carefully graded, from the first to the last volume, to follow the reading progress of the child. The series answers the needs of older children who are backward with their reading and require simple vocabulary to accompany subject matter rathe more advanced, though within their experience." This title is the second in the series, and is about brother and sister Tom and Molly, who paddle down the river in their canoe to go for a picnic. 8" x 6". Pp.16, colour drawing illustrations by Carolin Jackson throughout, some minor creases. Paperback with crease to lower front corner. Good.