Oh, this is so charming! A large profile, hard cover book containing illustrations of children's everyday life that are accompanied by poems and hand, finger, and counting activities. The introduction of the book indicates:

The Real Book of First Pictures was designed for the delight of the young child...a book to be enjoyed alone, sometimes...a book to be shared, at other times. Following are a few hints to ways in which you, the adult, can add to the child's enjoyment and enrichment on those occasions when you look at the book together. Finger Activities. Labeled Object. Verses. A Book to Grow With.

The Real Book of First Pictures
Author: Daphne Doward Hogstrom
Illustrator: Justin Wager
Illustration Layouts: Sharon Elzaurdia
Rand McNally & Co.
Copyright 1972
First Printing

Really approachable alternating black and white and colorful illustrations by Justin Wager fill every page of the book. Unpaginated. Depicts multi-ethnicity of children and families. Heavy card stock paper for the pages. Hardcover.

The book is in amazing condition! Only the very slightest of edge, corner and surface wear to the cover. It does have some darkening along the outside edge and a few fingerprint stains on the title page. No other noted soiling to covers or pages inside cover. Binding is tight. Pages show no writing or marking and colors are still very bright.

A real treasure!

I found a wonderful collection of vintage children's books at a sale this past month and am working to get them posted. There is a little video showing the first six titles attached. Come back for more!

Dimensions:
9 1/4" x 11 1/4"