America's Opportunities (Little Wonder Book No. 506)

Charles E. Merrill Co., Inc. (affiliated with American Education Press), Published 1947. Wraps, 32 pp.; 21 cm; revised printing of the 1946 first; staple bound; illustrated with black-and-white documentary photographs throughout. In good condition. Yellow pictorial paper covers with photographic scenes on both, the front a night view of midtown Manhattan looking across Bryant Park toward the lit windows of the surrounding skyline, the back a pastoral view of rolling hill country framed by flowering apple branches. Mild shelf wear and light bumping to corners and edges, with light surface soiling overall. Staple binding tight and square. Interior pages lightly toned but otherwise unmarked, with occasional light spotting.Number 506 in the Little Wonder Books series, originally a set of ninety thirty-two-page booklets co-published by Charles E. Merrill Co. and American Education Press in the mid- to late 1940s. The series was designed for readers aged six to twelve, with each booklet treating one unit of social-studies or science material on the child's level, illustrated throughout with documentary photographs supplied by federal agencies and news services, and originally priced low for classroom and home use. The 500-series titles, distinguished by their bright yellow covers, address American geography, civics, industry, and natural resources. "America's Opportunities" is more civic in cast than its sister volumes, walking young readers through the American freedoms (religion, speech, press), the public goods of health and education, the changing nature of work and leisure, and the practice of self-government, with an arresting case study of the Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council in Chicago organizing across nationality and parish lines. Photographs draw on the Press Association, International News, Wide World, the Toledo Museum of Art, Oberlin College, and the U.S. Forest Service, among others.Contents: Land of Opportunities; Land of Freedom; Opportunity for Health; Opportunity for Education; Opportunity for Work; Opportunity To Play; Opportunity To Be Good Citizens; Making Opportunities Larger; Working Together for America's Future. Title: America's Opportunities (Little Wonder Book No. 506) Author Name: Dorothy Hall Location Published: Columbus, Ohio, Charles E. Merrill Co., Inc.: 1947 Binding: Wraps Book Condition: Good Size: 21 cm Type: Wraps Categories: Children's Books Seller ID: 20260507022 Keywords: american civics, american education press, juvenile non-fiction, little wonder books, yellow series