Mingled here is the best combination of entertaining, instructive information in story form with fascinating and charming illustrations in the best Petersham style.

The book is written from the child's point of view and in language the reader can understand. As you can see, the pictures and stories all include children.

The little reader learns how primitive folk made their garments out of fur, grass, and even bark of trees; he reads about wool, how it grows, how it is gathered, spun, dyed, and finally used; he is told the fascinating story of silk, how the Empress of China discovered how to make it, and how the secret was kept for generations; then he reads about the making of linen; and finally the story of cotton it sold.

From the dust jacket