174 pp. Illustrated with 5 plates from photographs; color woodcut plate of California poppies; wood-engravings in the text. 8x6½, original white cloth lettered in gilt, decorated with golden orange poppies with green stems on the front cover and spine. First Edition.

Very rare and early California children's book, the first novel set in the Fresno area. Also a Yosemite item, describing a tour taken there by the youngsters, and depicted by an engraving of a carriage proceeding through a hollowed-out sequoia, and a picture of the "Sylvan Lodge" (spitting image of Wawona). Not in Baird & Greenwood, California WPA bibliographies, or any standard bibliographies of American children's literature. Very scarce, with only 5 or 6 copies known; NUC lists copies at the Huntington and NYPL only.