The Green Umbrella, 1950, Series 401

Ginger’s Adventures, 1950 Series 401

This was the 14th of the Animal Rhyming stories of series of 401. The 401 series is significant in the Ladybird story because these books were the first ones published in the format that was to become the classic Ladybird format: small size, with text on the left and a full-page illustration on the right. After the early 1940s, all the books in this series were written in jaunty rhyme by Walter Perring and were illustrated by Angusine Macgregor.  The effect of this rhyme was to lodge in the memory of the young child.  Ask anyone who enjoyed this book as a child and the chances are they can still quote parts of the rhyme decades later.

This copy:

Matt boards, in good condition.  There is some wear to the cover, a repair to the spine and a name on the front endpapers (see photos) – but still a decent copy.   inside the pages are in VG condition.  This book dates from the mid-1970s and has an original price of 24p on the back.