Physical description

A bound book with a cloth cover decorated on the front, spine and back covers with a drawing in purple and grey of two girls and a boy carrying cases or satchels and walking to school. The title 'Third Book Among Friends' is in grey on a purple background and the publisher's name is written across the bottom of the front cover in the same colour combination. There are 247 pages of print and illustrations.

Publication type

non-fiction

Summary

A school reader used in Grade 3 throughout Victorian schools from 1954 until the late 1970s