MY CIRCUS BOOK
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, Ink
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671590
Summary
Two sticker albums given away free with the children's comics Jack and Jill and Playhour. The first is entitled 'My Circus Book' and has a front colour illustration of a clown, a boy and a girl, a ring master, white horses and acrobats. The back cover depicts a lion, a dog and two clowns and includes the words 'A Present from the Editor of Jack and Jill'. The inside contains colour illustrations depicting circus scenes. These have been pasted into the appropriate parts of the book and were given away separately with the comic. The second album is entitled 'My Zoo Book' and has a front cover illustration of various wild animals including monkeys, zebras, parrots, deer and ostriches. The back cover includes lions and the words 'A Present from the Editor of Playhour'. The inside contains colour illustrations depicting animals. These have been placed into the appropriate parts of the book and were given away separately with the comic.