As a lover of anything that looks like it came out of my grandma's attic, I was keen to buy this book for my daughter and her cousin for Xmas. I have had some other lovely Little Golden Books, I like them because they have the look of an original but without the wear and tear. Sadly this binding is a bit disappointing, It's as though the pages are 'stuck' it's hard to explain but it makes it fiddly and difficult to read. As I bought 2 I can confirm both are the same so it wasn't that we had one 'duff' one.