fold creases down front and back covers.  cover faded and aged with rub marks and bend marks. edge and corner chips. corner of 1st page torn off,  pages tanned. no marks on text.

1946 National Council of American-Soviet Friendship pamphlet. 48 pages. 8" x 5 1/2". Popular Library on the U.S.S.R

A joyous childhood was the phrase I kept hearing all during my two-year stay in the Soviet Union (1935-1937) from the lips of parents, teachers and others directly concerned in the well-being of their vast child population. They were obviously proud of what they were doing to make children happy, to provide them with the protections and the opportunities which would ensure that from the little acorns mighty oaks would indeed grow. In the course of my visiting of Soviet schools, clubs, farms, markets, theatres, law courts, and individual homes. I became increasingly aware of how effectively they were approaching their goal and at the same time how little understood their child care institutions were in our own country.  Contents: 1. Child Care Begins Before Birth; 2. Nurseries and Kindergartens Are Basic Child Care Institutions; 3. The School Does More Than Teach; 4. After-School Educational and Recreational Facilities; 5. Family Life the Foundation.