Found Item - Retro Illustrations - Stories Old and New

I found this book (Stories Old and New) in a used book pile.  As you can see, the cover has seen better days:
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This was used as a reader in elementary schools.  It has a copyright of l964 and was put out by Cobb Clark Publishing.  F.C. Biehl is listed as the principal writer.  It was the illustrations inside that caught my attention.
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Any one of these illustrations are guaranteed  to take a person back.  Surely you recall classrooms that had at least one kid who ate the paste that smelled like mint?  Whatever became of that kid, btw?  At the start of the school year, these readers were always familiar and inviting to people like myself, who enjoyed books.
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The illustrators listed in this book are as follows:
Gordon Rayner
Douglas Sneyd
Helmut Rath
Jerry Lazare
Jim Walker
Margaret Cochrane
Kalman Banitz