Children's Book - "Fluff and Nip"
197132 pages of colourful images and black text
Paperback with three staples along the spine
"Happy Venture Book One: Fluff and Nip" is an early reader foundational book from the classic Happy Venture Readers reading scheme.
Featuring characters like Dick and Dora (brother and sister), with their pets, Fluff (a kitten) and Nip (a puppy). Designed by F.J. Schonell and Irene Serjeant to teach foundational reading skills to young children.
Details
Details
"Fluff & Nip (an introductory book)"
Inside cover is a typed note:
John Thomas BOVELL of Mullalyup
brother of Joseph (early settler)
This book is donated by his great grandaughters:
Rachel Clair Wright (Marchant, Holywell) of Darch, Western Australia
Mother Biddy
Jane Bray (Edge) of Henley Beach, South Australia
Mother Eileen
And in handwriting underneath text:
"William Thomas HOLYWELL. Early Settler in Bunbury, Western Australia"
On first page of book, is a purple rubber stamp mark "St Joachim's Preparatory School, Victoria Park"
This educational booklet was donated by John Thomas Bovell's great granddaughters.
A copy of a newspaper cutting from the "Deaths" section of Western Mail Newspaper has been adhered to the inside cover of book, and states -
BOVELL.—On July 23, 1924 (died aged 43).
John Thomas Bovell, husband of Ethel Bovell, father of Ethel, Biddy & Eileen. He was the third son of the late John and Mary Ann Bovell, of Mullalyup; also brother of William, Joseph, David, Elizabeth, Mary, Ellen and Agnes.
Born: 8th October, 1880 (Bridgetown, WA)
Illustrated by: Will Nickless
Published by: Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh
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