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Little Golden Books
About Little Golden Books
Little Golden Books is a popular series of children's books. The first 12 titles were published October 1, 1942:
1. Three Little Kittens
2. Bedtime Stories
3. Mother Goose
4. Prayers for Children
5. The Little Red Hen
6. Nursery Songs
7. The Alphabet from A to Z
8. The Poky Little Puppy
9. The Golden Book of Fairy Tales
10. Baby's Book of Objects
11. The Animals of Farmer Jones
12. This Little Piggy and Other Counting Rhymes
As of 2005, 15 million copies of The Poky Little Puppy have been sold, including copies in various languages.
The Little Golden Books, which initially sold for 25¢, were published by Simon and Schuster in cooperation with the Artist and Writers Guild, Inc. headed by Georges Duplaix. Duplaix had initially thought up the idea for the Little Golden Book series and fleshed it out in conversations with officials at Simon and Schuster. Dr. Mary Reed a professor at the Teachers College of Columbia University served as initial editor of the series.
Western Printing and Lithographing Company in Racine, Wisconsin, was Simon and Schuster's partner in the Little Golden Books venture. Western handled the actual printing. In 1958, Simon and Schuster sold its interest in Little Golden Books to Western.
Ownership and control of the series has changed several times since. In 2001, Random House acquired Golden Books for about 85 million dollars.
Although the Little Golden Books have remained the backbone of the product line, the enterprise that produced the Little Golden Books has created a variety of children's books in various formats including records, tapes, videos, and even toys and games (the fourth and fifth as "Golden & Design"). Some titles have appeared in several different formats (including but not limited to "A Golden Book").
Many popular authors and illustrators have worked on Little Golden Books and related products including:
* Mary Blair
* Margaret Wise Brown
* Tibor Gergely
* Corinne Malvern
* Jim McDermott
* Alice Provensen and Martin Provensen
* Bob Staake
* Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky
* Patricia Scarry and Richard Scarry
* Gustaf Tenggren
* Jane Werner Watson
* Eloise Wilkin
* Garth Williams
* Herbert Zim
Although the details have changed over the years, the Little Golden Books have maintained a distinctive appearance. A copy of The Poky Little Puppy bought today is essentially the same as one printed in 1942. Both are readily recognizable as Little Golden Books. At the time of the golden anniversary, Golden Books claimed that a billion and a half Little Golden Books had been sold.
Some Little Golden Books and related products have featured popular children's icons from other media, eg. Sesame Street, the Muppets, Disney, Barbie, Power Rangers, etc. Television and movie tie-ins have been particularly popular. Over the years Hopalong Cassidy, Cheyenne, Lassie, Rin Tin Tin, Captain Kangaroo, Mister Rogers, and even Donny and Marie have appeared in Little Golden Books.
Many have dealt with nature and science, Bible stories, nursery rhyme, and fairy tales. Christmas titles are popular every year. The fact that many old titles remain in print shows the strong nostalgia appeal of Little Golden Books.
The official Random House website contains an interesting timeline for Little Golden Books.
In the year 2000, Encore Software produced a series of "Little Golden Books" titles for CD Rom, including the Poky Little Puppy, Mother Goose, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Velveteen Rabbit, Tootle, and The Saggy Baggy Elephant. These 6 individual titles were some of the first major software releases to be produced entirely in Macromedia Flash. They appeared in Time Magazine as part of an article entitled How to Raise a Superkid.
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1 2 3 Juggle With Me! Little Golden Counting Book
Little Golden Book 1 2 3 Juggle With Me! Counting Book is a soft cover. Published by Golden Press. Western Publishing company, INC. Wisconsin. Eighth printing 1979. Written by Ilse-Margret Vogel. Back cover is the later green edition.
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101 Dalmatians Little Golden Book
Little Golden Book 101 Dalmatians is a hard cover. Published by A Golden Book. New York. Western Publishing company, INC. Wisconsin. Copyright 1985. Back cover is the later Yellow Back Version.
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A B C Rhymes Later Version Little Golden Book
Little Golden Book A B C Rhymes (Version 1) is a soft cover. There are two different copies available. They are both Published by Golden Press. Western Publishing company, INC. Wisconsin. One is the Thirteenth Printing, 1978. The second is the Fourteenth Printing, 1979. Both are Written by Carl Memling, with the pictures by Roland Rodegast and Grace Clark. Both Back Covers are the Green version.
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A B C Rhymes Later Version Little Golden Book
Little Golden Book A B C Rhymes (Version 1) is a soft cover and is Published by Golden Press Western Publishing company, INC. Wisconsin. It is the Thirteenth Printing, 1978 and is Written by Carl Memling, with the pictures by Roland Rodegast and Grace Clark. The Back Cover is the later Green Version cover.
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A B C Rhymes Earlier Version Little Golden Book
Little Golden Book A B C Rhymes, the earlier version, is a hard cover. Published by Golden Press Sydney. Western Publishing company.Copyright is from 1974. Written by Carl Memling, with the pictures by Roland Rodegast and Grace Clark. ack Cover is the earlier yellow version.
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Acting Out The A B C's Little Golden Book
Little Golden Book Acting out the A B C's is a hard cover. Published by Golden Press Sydney. Copyright is from 1972 by Walt Disney Productions. Written by Carl Memling, with the pictures by Roland Rodegast and Grace Clark. Back Cover is the earlier yellow version.
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Airplanes Little Golden Book
Little Golden Book: Airplanes is a hard cover. Published by Golden Press Sydney. Copyright is from 1973 by Western Publishing company. Written by Ruth Mabee Lachman, with the pictures by Lenora and Herbert Combes. Back Cover is the earlier yellow version. It has a black binding with gold outlines of flowers and leaves. In the bottom left corner looks like the number 339. It contains the same pages as the other Airplanes books but some are in a different order compared to the other copies.
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Airplanes Little Golden Book
Little Golden Book: Airplanes is a hard cover. Published by Golden Press Sydney. Copyright is from 1973 by Western Publishing company. Written by Ruth Mabee Lachman, with the pictures by Lenora and Herbert Combes. Back Cover is the earlier yellow version. It has a golden binding with black outlines of little animals. Also in the left hand bottom corner is written the number 373.
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Aladdin and His Magic Lamp Little Golden Book
Little Golden Book: Aladdin and His Magic Lamp is a hard cover. There are two different copies available. Both are Published by Golden Press Sydney. Both are Told by Kayhleen N. Daly with the pictures by Lowell Hess. There are 2 differenct back covers, one is the earlier yellow version and the other one is the one with the four different colours in the corners. The one with the yellow back has a Copyright from 1973 by Western Publishing company. Where as the multicoloured back has a copyright from 1968.
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Aladdin And His Magic Lamp Little Golden Book
Little Golden Book: Aladdin and His Magic Lamp is a hard cover. Published by Golden Press Sydney. Told by Kayhleen N. Daly with the pictures by Lowell Hess. The back cover is the pink, green, yellow and blue multi-coloured cover. The Copyright from 1968 by Western Publishing company.
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Aladdin And His Magic Lamp Little Golden Book
Little Golden Book: Aladdin and His Magic Lamp is a hard cover. Published by Golden Press Sydney. Told by Kayhleen N. Daly with the pictures by Lowell Hess. The back cover is the earlier yellow version and the Copyright is from 1973 by Western Publishing company.
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Aladdin Little Golden Book
Little Golden Book: Aladdin is a hard cover. The copyright is from 1992 by the Walt Disney Company. Published by A Golden Book New York, Western Publishing company Wisconsin. Adapted by Karen Kreider and illustrated by Darrell Baker. The back cover is the pink edition cover.
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Aladdin Little Golden Book
Little Golden Book: Aladdin is a hard cover. The copyright is from 1992 by the Walt Disney Company. Published by A Golden Book New York, Western Publishing company Wisconsin. Adapted by Karen Kreider and illustrated by Darrell Baker. The back cover is the pink edition cover.
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Ali Baba and The Forty Thieves Little Golden Book Version 1
Little Golden Book: Ali Baba and The Forty Thieves is a hard cover. The copyright is from 1973. Published by Golden Press Sydney, Western Publishing company. Pictures by Lowell Hess. It has a blue front cover with the number 323 in the top right hand corner. Also the binding is golden with black animal outlines and its back cover is the early yellow edition.
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Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves Little Golden Book Version 1
Little Golden Book: Ali Baba and The Forty Thieves is a hard cover. The copyright is from 1973. Published by Golden Press Sydney, Western Publishing company. Pictures by Lowell Hess. It has a blue front cover with the number 323 in the top right hand corner. Also the binding is golden with black animal outlines and its back cover is the early yellow edition.
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Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves Little Golden Book Version 1
Little Golden Book: Ali Baba and The Forty Thieves is a hard cover. The copyright is from 1973. Published by Golden Press Sydney, Western Publishing company. Pictures by Lowell Hess. It has a blue front cover with the number 323 in the top right hand corner. Also the binding is golden with black animal outlines and its back cover is the early yellow edition.
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Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves Little Golden Book Version 2
Little Golden Book: Ali Baba and The Forty Thieves is a hard cover. The copyright is from 1973. Published by Golden Press Sydney, Western Publishing company. Pictures by Lowell Hess. It has a light baby blue front cover with the number 342 in the top right hand corner. The back cover is the pink, green, yellow and blue multi-coloured edition cover.
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Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves Little Golden Book Version 2
Little Golden Book: Ali Baba and The Forty Thieves is a hard cover. The copyright is from 1973. Published by Golden Press Sydney, Western Publishing company. Pictures by Lowell Hess. It has a light baby blue front cover with the number 342 in the top right hand corner. Also the binding is black with silver flowers covering its and its back cover is the early yellow edition.
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Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves Little Golden Book Version 2
Little Golden Book: Ali Baba and The Forty Thieves is a hard cover. The copyright is from 1973. Published by Golden Press Sydney, Western Publishing company. Pictures by Lowell Hess. It has a light baby blue front cover with the number 342 in the top right hand corner. Also the binding is black with silver flowers covering it and its back cover is the early yellow edition.
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Alice In Wonderland Little Golden Book Version 1
Little Golden Book: Alice In Wonderland is a hard cover. The copyright is from 1991. Published by A Golden Book New York, Western Publishing company. It is adapted by Teddy Slater and illustrated by Franc Mateu. The back cover is the later pink edition cover.
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Alice In Wonderland: Finds The Garden Of Live Flowers Little Golden Book Version 2
Little Golden Book: Alice In Wonderland: Finds The Garden Of Live Flowers is a hard cover. It has a black binding with gold flowers, in the top right hand corner are the letters D10.The copyright is from 1951-1965 and is Published by Golden Press Sydney, Walt Disney Productions. It is Told by Jane Werner and the Pictures are by the Walt Disney Studio. Inside the front cover it is yellow with black and white animals reading books. The back cover is the pink, green, yellow and blue multi-coloured back.
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Alice In Wonderland: Finds The Garden Of Live Flowers Little Golden Book Version 2
Little Golden Book: Alice In Wonderland: Finds The Garden Of Live Flowers is a hard cover. In the top right hand corner are the letters D10.The copyright is from 1951-1965 and is Published by Golden Press Sydney, Walt Disney Productions. It is Told by Jane Werner and the Pictures are by the Walt Disney Studio. Inside the front cover it is yellow with black and white animals reading books. The back cover is the pink, green, yellow and blue multi-coloured back.
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Alice In Wonderland: Finds The Garden Of Live Flowers Little Golden Book Version 2
Little Golden Book: Alice In Wonderland: Finds The Garden Of Live Flowers is a hard cover. It has black binding with gold flowers, in the top right hand corner are the letters D10.The copyright is from 1973 and is Published by Golden Press Sydney, Walt Disney Productions. It is Told by Jane Werner and the Pictures are by the Walt Disney Studio. Inside the front cover it is yellow with black and white animals reading books. The back cover is early yellow edition.
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Alice In Wonderland: Finds The Garden Of Live Flowers Little Golden Book Version 2
Little Golden Book: Alice In Wonderland: Finds The Garden Of Live Flowers is a hard cover. It has the very old binding of paper (pre shiny) that is light brown with dark brown flowers. Inside of the cover contains rare and unusual green animal patterns reading books. It contains no date of copyright and is published by Golden Press Sydney. It is Told by Jane Werner and pictures are by the Walt Disney Studio. The back cover is the pink, green, yellow, blue multi-coloured back.
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Alice In Wonderland: Meets The White Rabbit Little Golden Book Version 3
Little Golden Book: Alice In Wonderland: Meets the White Rabbit is a soft cover. It has a silver binding with black flowers and animals, in the top right hand corner are the letters E103-1 in a purple circle. It is the fifteenth printing in 1980 and is published by Gloden Press Sydney. It is Told by Jane Werner and pictures are by the Walt Disney Studio. The back cover is the later green version.
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Alice In Wonderland: Meets The White Rabbit Little Golden Book Version 3
Little Golden Book: Alice In Wonderland: Meets the White Rabbit is a hard cover, It has a silver binding with black flowers and in the top right hand corner are the numbers 105-50 in a square purple box. The copyright is from 1951and is Published by A Golden Book New York, Western publishing Company. It is Told by Jane Werner and the Pictures are by the Walt Disney Studio. The back cover is the later yellow edition cover.Also the front cover has the barcode printed on the book, not found on any of the other copies.
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Alice In Wonderland: Meets The White Rabbit Little Golden Book Version 3
Little Golden Book: Alice In Wonderland: Meets the White Rabbit is a hard cover, It has a silver binding with black flowers and in the top right hand corner are the numbers 105-50 in a square purple box. The copyright is from 1951 and is Published by A Golden Book New York, Western publishing Company. It is Told by Jane Werner and the Pictures are by the Walt Disney Studio. The back cover is the later yellow edition cover.
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Alice In Wonderland: Meets The White Rabbit Little Golden Book Version 3
Little Golden Book: Alice In Wonderland: Meets the White Rabbit is a hard cover, it has a silver binding with black flowers. In the right hand corner are the letters D19 in a purple circle. It is the sixth printing in 1976 and is published by Golden Press. It is Told by Jane Werner and pictures are by the Walt Disney Studio. The back cover is the later green version cover.
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Amanda's First Day Of School Little Golden Book
Little Golden Book: Amanda's First Day Of School is a hard cover. It has a silver binding with black flowers and animals, in the top right hand corner are the numbers 204-56. The copyright is from 1985 and is Published by A Golden Book New York, Western publishing Company. The story and pictures are by Joan Elizabeth Goodman. The back cover is the later yellow edition cover.
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Amanda's First Day Of School Little Golden Book
Little Golden Book: Amanda's First Day Of School is a hard cover. It has a silver binding with black flowers and animals, in the top right hand corner are the numbers 204-56. The copyright is from 1985 and is Published by A Golden Book New York, Western publishing Company. The story and pictures are by Joan Elizabeth Goodman. The back cover is the later yellow edition cover.
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The Amazing Mumford Forgets The Magic Words! Little Golden Book
Little Golden Book: The Amazing Mumford Forgets The Magic Words! is a soft cover. Its binding is gold with black animals and flowers. In the top right hand corner are the letters E108-5. The copyright is from 1979 and is published by Western publishing Company in conjunction with Children's Television Workshop. It is Written by Patricia Thackray and illustrated by Normanc Chartier. The back cover is the later green edition.
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The Amazing Mumford Forgets The Magic Words! Little Golden Book
Little Golden Book: The Amazing Mumford Forgets The Magic Words! is a hard cover, it has a silver binding that has black flowers and animals, in the top right hand corner are the numbers 108-35. The copyright is from 1979 and is Published by Western publishing Company in conjunction with Children's Television Workshop. It is written by Patricia Thackray and illustrated by Normand Chartier. The back cover is the later green edition cover.
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Animal Counting Book Little Golden Book
Little Golden Book: Animal Counting Book is a hard cover, it has a black binding with silver flowers covering it, in the top right hand corner are the numbers 389. The copyright is from 1972 and is Published by Golden Press Sydney. Adapted from "Over In The Meadow", with pictures done by Moritz Kennel. The back cover is the early yellow edition.
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Animal Counting Book Little Golden Book
Little Golden Book: Animal Counting Book is a hard cover, it has a black binding that has silver flowers covering it, in the top right hand corner are the numbers 389. The copyright is from 1972 and is Published by Golden Press Sydney. Adapted from "Over In The Meadow", with pictures done by Moritz Kennel. The back cover is the early yellow edition.
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Animal Daddies And My Daddy Little Golden Book
Little Golden Book: Animal Daddies and My Daddy is a soft cover, it has a gold binding with black animal pictures covering it. In the top left hand corner are the letters E576. It is the Fifth printing in 1977 and is Published by Golden Press. It was written by Barbara Shook Hazen and Illustrated by Ilse-Margret Vogel. The back cover is the later green edition.
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Animal Daddies And My Daddy Little Golden Book
Little Golden Book: Animal Daddies and My Daddy is a hardt cover, it has a black binding with silver flowers covering it. In the top right hand corner are the numbers 378. It is Published by Golden Press and came out around 1972. It was written by Barbara Shook Hazen and Illustrated by Ilse-Margret Vogel. The back cover is the early yellow edition.
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Animal Daddies And My Daddy Little Golden Book
Little Golden Book: Animal Daddies and My Daddy is a hard cover, it has a gold binding with black animal pictures covering it. In the top right hand corner are the numbers 208-33. Its copyright is from 1968 and is Published by Golden Press. It was written by Barbara Shook Hazen and Illustrated by Ilse-Margret Vogel. The back cover is the later green edition.
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Animal Daddies And My Daddy Little Golden Book
Little Golden Book: Animal Daddies and My Daddy is a hard cover, it has a gold binding with black animal pictures covering it. In the top right hand corner are the numbers 208-33. Its copyright is from 1968 and is Published by A Golden Book New York. It was written by Barbara Shook Hazen and Illustrated by Ilse-Margret Vogel. The back cover is the later yellow edition.
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Animal Dictionary Little Golden Book
Little Golden Book: Animal Dictionary is a hard cover, it has a gold binding with black animal pictures covering it. In the top left hand corner are the numbers 533. Its copyright is from 1960 and is the eighth printing in 1975. It s Published by A Golden Press. It was written by Jane Werner Watson and Illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky. The back cover is the later green edition.
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Animal Dictionary Little Golden Book
Little Golden Book: Animal Dictionary is a soft cover, it has a gold binding with black animal pictures covering it. In the top left hand corner are the numbers E205-1. Its copyright is from MCMLX and is the fourteenth printing in 1980. It is Published by Golden Press. It was written by Jane Werner Watson and Illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky. The back cover is the later green edition.
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