Physical description

Dark green fabric covered novel, Mother's Little Girl by Ethel Turner (Mrs H.R. Curlewis) and illustrated by A.J. Johnson, with gold lettering on front cover for title and author with a gold illustration of two children sitting on a bank. Spine has gold title and author and floral pattern. Has black and white illustrations throughout.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Quayle - written in grey pencil on title page.

Summary

An Australian story of a family that has too many children and not enough money, so gave up for adoption their last baby, Sylvia to its aunt.