Wonderful collection of non-fiction stories, ranging from why we celebrate George Washington's birthday to a story about Pearls and Silk. Color illustrations are breathe taking. They are like water color painting and oil paintings. Brillant in detail and color. The pages are all clean and bright and crisp and are a heavy high-gloss type paper. Endpapers are a colorful red and white and black checkerboard pattern with the red squares featuring a black picture of the subject matter of one of the stories. Covers are quite clean and spine is little faded. Top/bottom spine slightly bent from shelf wear and four corners are slightly rubbed. Wonderful edition to add to your library of illustrated books.

CHILDREN'S NON-FICTION, HOLIDAY TRADITIONS, FAMOUS PEOPLE, HOME-SCHOOLED