Description:
Racine, WI: Western Publishing Company (A Golden Book, 1st Edition/3rd Printing, #13579, 1975). Oversized hardcover (10.5"x12"x.5"), 61 pages. No dust jacket issued. Glossy hardcover, colors bright, solidly bound, corners and spine extremities lightly bumped. Brief gift inscription inside front cover.Once upon a time, in a summer forest, there were fourteen bears . . . so begins a sweet story of a bear family's life throughout the year, told in loving and simple detail. This book features two popular stories written by Evelyn Scott and illustrated by Virginia Parsons.Not to be confused with the noted Southern writer Evelyn Scott (who died in 1963 and whose real name was Elsie Dunn), Evelyn G. Flebbe was the daughter of screenwriter/author Beulah Marie Dix and book importer Georg Heinrich Flebbe. She married film editor David Scott in 1935. Evelyn F. Scott worked for decades in Hollywood as a story editor at MGM.Virginia Parsons, born in Hollywood, California, though London was her home for many… Read More