Gift inscribed and dated on the inside front wrapper from grateful mothers to a pre-school teacher. Spiral bound, no major rips or tears but some wear about the edges and a few of the holes. Books like this were common regional books in educational bookshops before the Department of Education decided that standardization should take precedence over local management of youngsters growth. They have become valuable store-rooms of folk lore, rhymes, and cultural memories that have disappeared in the rush to uniform educational norms.