Description
First Edition
Published in 1956 by Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Illustrations by Ursula Koering
Children’s fiction about a twin brother and sister who love to read. Don and Dorry live in ‘Trailer City’, and Dorry loves to read, but one day Don takes out “Tom Sawyer” from the traveling book bus, and he discovers why Dorry loves it so much.
The author herself has a twin brother, to whom the book is dedicated.
Yellow cloth with black design on cover and titles on spine. Beautiful bright coloured and black and white pencil drawings. Cover is coming away from pages at the front. No dust jacket. This was a school library book (The House of the Good Shepherd, New York) still with the library card in the back, listing the children who borrowed it. Library embossed stamps to front pages.
