FIRST EDITION (Cover A, 1930-1936)

Edition Notes: Cover art by Andy Janson.  144 pages, 4 1/2” x 7”. Illustrations were ink drawings by Andy Janson.

Historical Notes: Akela, Baloo, and Mowgli from Kipling’s “Jungle Book” had been transferred to North America. The lion, of course, did not appear in Jungle Book. It was added as a passing nod to the “British Lion”. Tests and award schemes were rewritten with help from educators and child psychologists.

Quote:  Did you ever see a real lion cub at the zoo or the circus? They certainly are active, alert chaps with a paw always ready to use in doing something as they play. The job of the big mother lion is to get the cub to do things on his own--to teach him to hide and to run and to spring and to keep very still when necessary. He must know where to find food and how to smell trouble too. The purpose of it all is to get him ready to go out and do for himself.