TOBY TYLER or Ten Weeks with a Circus

by James Otis

illustrated by Louis S. Glanzman

introduction by May Lamberton Becker

A RAINBOW CLASSIC

6 WP 455

The special contents of this edition

Copyright 1947 by The World Publishing Company

Synopsis: A great many small boys dream about running away and joining a circus, for they imagine that it would be the finest life imaginable. Toby Tyler is about a boy who did just that ... and learned a great lesson as a result.

May Lamberton Becker says in her introduction that James Otis knew there was a side to circus life which wasn't glamorous and exciting, "and he thought if boys knew how hard things might be, they might not be so anxious to leave home. So he wrote this story about ... Toby Tyler, who thought Uncle Dan'l didn't treat him right and believed what one of the circus men told him about the fine time he would have with the show. It didn't take him long to find out how mistaken he had been..."

This book is in very good condition. It is a hardcover with dust jacket covered with a clear Brodart cover. There are 239 pages with lots of black and white illustrations as well as color. There is an inscription. The book has little wear and the dust jacket is in good condition with minimal chips. This is a Rainbow Classics R-26.