All Aboard, We Are Off

All Aboard, We Are Off

First edition
Author Nura
Illustrator Nura
Country United States
Genre Picture book
Published 1944 (The Studio Publications, Inc.)
Pages 39
OCLC 6654071
LC Class PZ7.U35 Al

All Aboard, We Are Off is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Nura – the American arist Nura Woodson Ulreich. It was published by the Junior Literary Guild in 1944,[1] and its copyright was renewed in 1971.[2]

The book is about a woman who sells apples to young boys and girls every day before and after school.[3] She takes the children on a trip to land which have never been mapped teach them about the importance of moderation in life.[4] Destinations include the "Land of Play," the "Land of Food and Drink," the "Land of Sleep," among other similar places.[5]

References

  1. American Artist. Watson-Guptill Publications. 8: 41. December 1944. ISSN 0002-7375.
  2. United States Copyright Office (2007). The Catalog of Copyright Renewal Records (1971). Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4325-1244-6.
  3. Book Review Digest. H. W. Wilson Company. 40: 762. 1945. ISSN 0006-7326.
  4. "Voyage to Contentment". The New York Times. August 27, 1944. p. BR19.
  5. Hanna, Paul Robert, ed. (1946). Aviation education source book. Hastings House. p. 845. OCLC 2171022.


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