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The Story Book Series

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A collection of short illustrated books about common objects and aspects of everyday life, written and illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham.


Books in the The Story Book series:

The Story Book of Wheat (1936)

The staff of life - where it comes from, how we use it.

Read online at archive.org. 

The Story Book of Cotton (1939)

A look at how cotton is grown and used.

The Story Book of Rayon (1939)

The story of the development of artificial silk made from cellulose or wood pulp.

The Story Book of Silk (1939)

The history of silk and how it is produced.

Read online at archive.org.

The Story Book of Things We Wear: Wool, Cotton, Silk, Rayon (1939)

An omnibus containing The Story Books of Wool, Cotton, Silk, and Rayon.... View More
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Junior Literary Guild - 1940

The Story Book of Wool (1939)

Where it comes from, how we process it, why we wear it.

Read online at archive.org. 

The Story Book of Coal and Oil (1948)

An anthology containing The Story Book of Coal and The Story Book of Oil.

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