The Red corner book for children. (London : Martin Lawrence, [ca. 1930])

This English children's book is presented as an annual, along the lines of Eagle or the Tip-top Book for Boys. It includes the usual mixture of adventure stories, comic strips, games and facts.

The "Editor's Note reads,

The Red Corner Book is a departure from the ordinary run of children's books. It endeavours to spur their minds to the real issues life holds out - instead of drugging them with a false glamour over ugly things.

Two great social forces are in conflict: they have the children in their grip. This book designs to stir in them an understanding of the workers' life, the social struggles and the goal, which the workers have set themselves.

It includes "Stories of Lenin", as well as a piece on Wat Tyler. Another group of articles, on Russia, is entitled, "Stories of socialist construction." The volume begins with a poem, "A look at the world" illustrated by cartoons. A typical stanza reads,

Russia is the first great land
Where bosses and loungers have all been banned,
A land of the working class victorious;
Where a worker's life is free and glorious. (p. 14)

It is hard to imagine any child having their interest stirred by such overt propaganda, and The Red Corner Book seems not to have appeared again.