Are there any good realistic stories of today for young children?

A committee of prominent educators spent two years trying to answer this question. Not only did they sift out and experiment with modern book material, they also asked elementary school teachers and writers to submit unpublished manuscripts.

The answer: a rich, jolly, interesting big book that will be a treasure in every family where there are boys and girls.

Look at the contents: do you want a farm story, a doll story, a building story? Must your good-night story be about a pony, a rabbit, a duck, a robin, an engine, a penny? Have you a little red wagon? Have you just taken a walk in the woods,  on in the rain?

The right story for today, for every child, is here under the Blue Umbrella.

From the dust jacket