Category: Children’s Books

Children of Other Lands, 1954 — Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Egypt, Turkey, Russia, Poland, Yugoslavia, and Greece

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I noticed that African and South American countries are underrepresented in this coloring book.  A modern “Children of Other Lands” coloring book would probably be a lot more diverse, but I wonder if the illustration style would be as cute. You can find the previously posted countries by clicking on these links: Holland, England-Sweden-Hungary-Czechoslovakia-Austria, Japan-China-India-Burma-Korea-Arabia,…

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Children of Other Lands, 1954 – Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Denmark, Finland & Norway

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Finally, I have managed to scan and clean the rest of this cute coloring book. Over the next week I will post all of the remaining countries in no particular order.  You can find the previously posted countries by clicking on these links: Holland, England-Sweden-Hungary-Czechoslovakia-Austria, Japan-China-India-Burma-Korea-Arabia, and France-Switzerland-Italy-Germany.  Click any image for slideshow.

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