Physical description

A small blue cloth covered storybook for young children titled - Show Your Colours and Other True Narratives. There are gold and black patterns all over the front cover and the back is embossed. A Merit Bookplate is glued to the front endpaper. The full colour illustrated frontispiece picture is of an old man seated at a table with a younger one standing behind him. It has grey pencil scribble all over it and a large tear. There are three short stories all with strong religious themes. At the back is a list of 40 of The "Little Dot" Series - New Sixpenny Books. The spine is broken from the pages. 62p.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Wandin Yallock Sunday School. Presented to Thomas Sebire By the Teachers of the above School, as a reward of Merit. April 11 1879 Thomas Hogg. Superintendent.

Summary

A collection of three short stories for young children of family and school life with strong religious themes in the late 1800's.