North America - 1931

Googlebooks says that it was 383 pages. 

Lucy Sprague Mitchell (1878-1967) was the founder of the "Bureau of Educational Experiments"** a "progressive" establishment which is now the Bank Street College of Education and the Bank Street School for Children. She was the first Dean of Women at U.C. Berkeley, wrote scads of books (including a Little Golden Book) and does not have her own wiki page. She is still much beloved by the mainstream educational community, if a google search of her name is any indication.

She was married to Wesley C. Mitchell, an economist. Both of them where heavily influenced by John Dewy,who doesn't strike me as someone I would want to educate my child.

Let's end with a happy thought:
Where have we heard the name Kurt Wiese before? Why, he illustrated The Story About Ping!
Good stuff.

**This name creeps me out.