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ABC BOOK by C. An

B. Falls

all-time favorite

field, this

and a

classic in its

ABC

big and beautiful

book

by distinguished artist C. B. Falls has been making new friends with de-

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lighted children for over forty years.

When

was

it

re-issued in 1957, a

noted children's book reviewer hailed the event with these words: "Despite aU the ABC books that have come our since this was first published way .

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(1923), almost none have measured up to it in direct appeal to the two to four year old.

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Astonishingly

mod-

ern in conception and design." Anne Carroll Moore, the famous children's librarian, stated:

"We may

well feel proud that an

ABC

admirable in design and

in color print-

book so

ing has been produced on this side of the Atlantic. Mr. Falls designed the

book for his

who

ter

little

likes a

three-year-old daugh-

big book with

lots of

on fourfrom printed and wood blocks color plates, and the artist has personpictures.

The drawings

are

superintended the reproduction of them. The imagination of a child or

own

is

left free to

thrill of

capture by

its

recognition the familiar

new-old medium where color has not obscured the outline nor played too many tricks with nature.

in a

"The book

will take

its

own

for a living child for

li-

was designed whose mentality

but the fact that

it

the artist had such evident respect

stamps

it first

which bids

of

all as

a children's

fair to exert a

book

very consid-

erable influence on American picture

books."

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place in

the art departments of schools and braries,

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ABC BOOK DESICNED AND

CUT ON WOOD BY CB- FALLS NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC.

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COPYRIGHT

1923

BY

DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC. INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION RIGHTS ALL

RESERVED,

INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVLAN PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES

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Some of the most respected and admired authorities in the field of dren

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literature

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"The famous abc book, designed and cut on wood, by C. B. Falls... has

made an

instant appeal to very

children ...

little

who knew

nothing whatever about the alphabet... because of Jts

clear

and bright and pure color

May Lamberton dren

s

book

"With

its

colorful

woodcuts of su-

perbly drawn animals and its beautifully shaded alphabet, it remains one of the distinguished books for children produced in this country." Dora V Smith, president of the }^ational

Coun-

cil

of Teachers of English, in Fifty

Years of Children's Books.

"A most highly recommended (* *) book whose demonstrated usefulness in elementary and junior high schools and children's libraries is vouched for by a representative group of experienced librarians and specialists in chil-

dren's literature.

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"

Becker, noted chilthe Herald Trib-

critic of

une, in First Adventures in Reading

W. Wilson Chil-

dren's Catalog.

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small illustrations

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page are reduced facsimiles in black and white from the a b c book of C. B. Falls.

Printed in the U.S.A.

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