This Little Piggy...Counting Rhymes Two Book 12s! |
'This Little Piggy and Other Counting Rhymes'.. published in 1942... was number 12.. and it was reprinted in 1946.. still as number 12, but with the title 'Counting Rhymes'... Phyllis Fraser is liste...
Posted by We Love Golden Books on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 03:04:00 PST |
Who is Rudolf Freund?! |
One of Little Golden Book's first illustrators, Rudolf Freund drew (!) his inspiration from nature.. For Little Golden Books he illustrated 'The Little Red Hen', 'The Animals of Farmer Jones' and...
Posted by We Love Golden Books on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:11:00 PST |
The Animals of Farmer Jones... Book Number 11 |
Written by Leah Gale... and illustrated by Rudolf Freund... 'The Animals of Farmer Jones' is a classic most of us will have in our collections!
Published more than ten times, and later illustrated by...
Posted by We Love Golden Books on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:06:00 PST |
Book 10.. Baby's Book or My First Book |
Bob Smith was the writer and illustrator of 'Baby's Book'.. A year later published as 'My First Book'.. I guess that shows you the volume of LGBs sold - This book had seven editions released between 1...
Posted by We Love Golden Books on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 01:12:00 PST |
The Golden Book of Fairy Tales... Book 9 |
The Golden Book of Fairy Tales was published in the ever productive 1942. It has four lovely stories.. Jack and The Beanstalk, Cinderella, Puss in Boots and Sleeping Beauty.. all by various trad...
Posted by We Love Golden Books on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:08:00 PST |
The Poky Little Puppy! Book Number 8 |
'The Poky Little Puppy' was written by Janet Sebring Lowrey.. and illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren.... Published in 1942.. this book has sold approximately 15 MILLION copies since its release!&n...
Posted by We Love Golden Books on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 02:52:00 PST |
The Golden Story So Far.... |
Book 1...Three Little Kittens.. Illustrator Masha ... The three little kittens, They lost their mittens, And they began to cry... 'Oh Mother dear, we sadly fear, Our mittens we have lost!"
Book 2... ...
Posted by We Love Golden Books on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 03:39:00 PST |
The Little Red Hen.... Golden Book Number 6 |
Yep.. another 42 pages in 1942 beauty here!
The illustrator is Rudolf Freund... he did just a few Little Golden Books in his time... including the First Edition of 'The Animals of Farmer Jones...
Posted by We Love Golden Books on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:27:00 PST |
Nursery Songs.. Number 7... Corinne Malvern! |
Corinne Malvern's first Golden Book! Ohhh we love her! She went on to illustrate so many other lovely Golden Books! Nurse Nancy, Doctor Dan, Susie's New Stove, Frosty the Snowman, McCalls...
Posted by We Love Golden Books on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:43:00 PST |
Book 5.. Prayers for Children |
Rachel Taft Dixon illustrated this one. It was published again in 1942.. but how weird that all of the original 1942 published Golden Books had 42 pages!
Rachel also illustrated some other reli...
Posted by We Love Golden Books on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:35:00 PST |
