Learning with Mother, book 4, 1971, Series 702 (pen marks)

Learning with Mother, book 4, 1971, Series 702

The Learning with Mother books were conceived by Ethel Wingfield and Margaret Keen, towards the end of the ‘Wills & Hepworth’ era.  They were written by Ethel and illustrated by her husband Harry.  The idea of the series was to show a range of practical educative activities that parents (well Mums, as the title suggests) could do with young children – from 6 months of age up to 5 years old.  The ideas were simple, tried-and-tested and practical – involving very little expense and the illustrations were, of course, absolutely beautiful.  So no wonder this was a popular series of books with families, hospitals and nurseries.

This copy:

Matt boards.  This copy would be in very good condition with quite a lot of wear to the cover and edges, but unfortunately there are some pen marks (as pictured) on a couple of the picture pages.  Still, a good reading copy or place-holder.  This copy dates to the 1970s and has the original price of 15p on the back. The last title listed on the back, this is probably a first edition.