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Little Golden Books is a popular series of children's books. Children's literature is an age category of literature written for published for or marketed to Children roughly through age 12 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. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mother Goose is a well-known figure in the Literature of Fairy tales and Nursery rhymes Mother Goose is best known in the United States, in the The Little Red Hen is an old folk tale, most likely of Russian origin The Poky Little Puppy is a children's book written by Janette Sebring Lowrey and illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren.

The Little Golden Books, which initially sold for 25¢, were published by Simon and Schuster in cooperation with the Artist and Writers Guild, Inc. Simon & Schuster Inc, a division of CBS Corporation, is a Publisher founded in New York in 1924 by Richard L 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. Simon & Schuster Inc, a division of CBS Corporation, is a Publisher founded in New York in 1924 by Richard L Dr. Mary Reed a professor at the Teachers College of Columbia University served as initial editor of the series. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League.

Western Printing and Lithographing Company in Racine, Wisconsin, was Simon and Schuster's partner in the Little Golden Books venture. Western Publishing, also known as "Western Printing and Lithographing Co Simon & Schuster Inc, a division of CBS Corporation, is a Publisher founded in New York in 1924 by Richard L Western handled the actual printing. In 1958, Simon and Schuster sold its interest in Little Golden Books to Western. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Simon & Schuster Inc, a division of CBS Corporation, is a Publisher founded in New York in 1924 by Richard L

Ownership and control of the series has changed several times since. In 2001, Random House acquired Golden Books for about 85 million dollars. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.

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:

Although the details have changed over the years, the Little Golden Books have maintained a distinctive appearance. Mary Blair ( October 21, 1911 &ndash July 26, 1978) born Mary Robinson, was an American artist best remembered today for work done Margaret Wise Brown ( 23 May 1910 &ndash 13 November 1952) was a prolific American Author of Children's literature Tibor Gergely (1900-1978 was an artist best known for his work in several popular children's books Jim McDermott ( June 24, 1960, Lowell Massachusetts) is a New Hampshire-based artist who has illustrated for animation Alice Provensen ( 1918 August 14 - present and Martin Provensen ( 1916 July 10 - 1987 March were an American Author Alice Provensen ( 1918 August 14 - present and Martin Provensen ( 1916 July 10 - 1987 March were an American Author Bob Staake (b September 26, 1957 in Los Angeles California) is an American Illustrator, Cartoonist, childrens book author and designer Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky ( December 24, 1891 – October 12, 1970) also known as Rojan, was a Russian émigré illustrator Richard McClure Scarry ( June 5 1919 &ndash April 30 1994) - last name pronounced /'scæ ri/ rhyming with "marry" - Gustaf Adolf Tenggren ( November 3 1896 - April 9 1970) was a Swedish Illustrator. Garth Williams ( April 16, 1912 - May 8, 1996) was a prominent American illustrator known for his work on children's books Herbert Spencer Zim ( July 12, 1909 &ndash December 5, 1994) was a naturalist, author editor and educator best known as the founder A copy of The Poky Little Puppy bought today is essentially the same as one printed in 1942. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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. Sesame Street is an American educational Children's television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard combining The Muppets are a group of Puppet characters created by Jim Henson. Barbie is a best-selling fashion Doll launched in 1959 The doll is produced by Mattel Inc Power Rangers is a long-running American Children's television series adapted from the Japanese Tokusatsu Super Sentai Series, though it 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. Hopalong Cassidy is a Cowboy -hero created in 1904 by Clarence E Cheyenne are a Native American nation of the Great Plains. The Cheyenne Nation is composed of two united tribes, the Só'taa'e (more commonly Lassie, a dog is a Fictional character that has starred in or been the subject of many radio shows, Movies, TV shows, and Books Rin Tin Tin (often billed as Rin-Tin-Tin in the 1920s and 1930s was the name given to several related German Shepherd dogs seen in films and television dramas Captain Kangaroo was a Children's television series which aired weekday mornings on the American Television network CBS from

Many have dealt with nature and science, Bible stories, nursery rhyme, and fairy tales. Nature, in the broadest sense is equivalent to the natural world, physical universe, material world or material universe. Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning " Knowledge " or "knowing" is the effort to discover, and increase human understanding Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin A nursery rhyme is a traditional Song or Poem taught to young children originally in the nursery. A fairy tale or fairy story is a fictional Story that may feature folkloric characters (such as fairies, enchantments]] often involving 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 term nostalgia describes a longing for the past often in idealized form

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. The Poky Little Puppy is a children's book written by Janette Sebring Lowrey and illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren. Mother Goose is a well-known figure in the Literature of Fairy tales and Nursery rhymes Mother Goose is best known in the United States, in the Jack and the Beanstalk is an English Fairy tale, closely associated with the tale of Jack the Giant Killer. The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real is a children's novel written by Margery Williams and illustrated by William Nicholson. Tootle (ISBN 0307020975 is a children's book written by Gertrude Crampton and illustrated by Tibor Gergely in 1945. These 6 individual titles were some of the first major software releases to be produced entirely in Macromedia Flash. Adobe Flash (previously called Shockwave Flash and Macromedia Flash) is a set of Multimedia software created by Macromedia and currently They appeared in Time Magazine as part of an article entitled How to Raise a Superkid. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and

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