CIRCUS TIME~ #A2 (1955)

Vintage Little Golden Activity Book ~ CIRCUS TIME~ #A2 (1955)

A Little Golden Activity Book #A2 has wheel inside the cover to display different animals performing during the circus. Eample images included along with the story. 

Circus Time, 1948, 1955 copyright, 1st edition, by Marion Conger, pictures by Tibor Gergely. Publisher: Simon and Schuster.

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Authors and Illustrators (Little Golden Books)

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Notes from Wiki - Many popular authors and illustrators have worked on Little Golden Books and related products, including:

Aurelius Battaglia Sheilah Beckett Brian Biggs Mary Blair Ann Braybooks Margaret Wise Brown Kathleen N. Daly Sue Fliess Tibor Gergely Florence Johnson Elizabeth Orton Jones Phyllis Krasilovsky Lucy Sprague Mitchell Corinne Malvern Jim McDermott Ann McGovern

Jean Miller Barbra Mills Alice Provensen and Martin Provensen Seymour Reit Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky Patricia and Richard Scarry Bob Staake Cyndy Szekeres Gustaf Tenggren Charles Spain Verral Jan Wahl Jane Werner Watson Eloise Wilkin Garth Williams Herbert Zim

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Simon and Schuster - Little Golden Library

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This specific list (numbered 1 through 12) represents the very first titles released in October 1942 by Simon & Schuster. These books were revolutionary at the time because they were high-quality, beautifully illustrated, and sold for only 25 cents — making them accessible to almost every family.

The original Little Golden Books, launched in 1942, were 42 pages in length and designed specifically with a mix of full-color and black-and-white (or two-tone) illustrations to keep production costs down. The books featured 14 pages in four-color and 28 pages in two-tone (black/white or black/colored) illustrations. They also included a Dust Jacket often promoting war bonds. - Wiki

1942 Cover ... Listed with Title and Illustrator Name

The original twelve titles in The Little Golden Library, all of which were published simultaneously in October, 1942.

 1.The Three Little Kittens (1942) ... Illustrated by Masha

 2. Bedtime Stories... Illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren ... 42 pages ... Dust Jacket

 3. The Alphabet from A to Z ... By Leah Gale; Illustrated by Vivienne Blake

 4. Mother Goose ... Illustrated by Miss Elliott

 5. Prayers for Children ... Illustrated by Rachel Taft Dixon ... 42 pages

 6. The Little Red Hen ... Illustrated by Rudolf

 7. Nursery Songs (1942) ... by Leah Gale, Illustrated by Corinne Malvern ... 42 pages

 8. The Poky Little Puppy ... By Janette Sebring Lowrey; Illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren

 9. The Golden Book of Fairy Tales ... Illustrated by Winfield Hoskins ... 42 pages - Dust Jacket

10. My First Book ... Illustrated by Bob Smith

11 The Animals of Farmer Jones ... Illustrated by Rudolf Freund

12. This Little Piggy and Other Counting Rhymes ... Illustrated by Roberta Paflin ... Dust Jacket

NOTE: The 8th book on the list, The Poky Little Puppy, went on to become the best-selling children's book of all time! Even though the series started with just these 12 (the 12th being This Little Piggy...), it eventually grew into thousands of titles that are still iconic today with their signature gold foil spines.

1947 Cover ... Still showing the Author / Illustrator names listed.

13. The Golden Book of Birds... By Hazel Lockwood; Illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky

14. Nursery Tales... Illustrated by Masha ... 42 pages

15. The Lively Little Rabbit... By Ariane; Illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren... 42 pages

16. The Golden Book of Flowers... By Mabel Foote Witman; Illustrated by m.h.

17. Hansel and Gretel... Illustrated by Erika Weihs

18. A Day in the Jungle... By Janette Sebring Lowrey; Illustrated by Tibor Gergely

19. My First Book of Bible Stories... By Mary Ann Walton; Illustrated by Emmy Ferand

20. The Night Before Christmas... By Clement C. Moore; Illustrated by Cornelius DeWitt

21. Tootle (1947) ... by Gertrude Crampton, Illustrated by Tibor Gergely ... 42 pages

22. The Golden Book of Toys ... Ву Edith Osswald, Illustrated by MASHA

23. The Shy Little Kitten ... By Cathleen Schurr, illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren.

24. The New House in the Forest ... By Lucy Sprague Mitchell, Illustrated by ELoise Wilkin

25. The Taxi That Hurried ... By Lucy Sprague Mitchell, Jessie Stanton, and Irma Black, Illustrated by Tibor Gergely ... 42 pages

26. Christmas Carols (1946) ... Arranged by Marjorie Wyckoff, Pictures by Corinne Malvern

27. The Story of Jesus (1946) ... By Beatrice Alexander, Illustrated by Mrs. Lerch ... 42 pages

Notable Details

Gustaf Tenggren (No. 15): A legendary illustrator who worked for Walt Disney on films like Snow White and Pinocchio. His Little Golden Books are highly collectible.

Tibor Gergely (No. 18): Known for illustrating Scuffy the Tugboat and The Tootle, some of the most famous Little Golden Books ever made.

1946 ... Notice how the Author and illustrators are no longer listed on list and they also added the Walt Disney Little Library.

28. Chip Chip ... by Norman Wright and Nino Carbe ... 42 pages

29. Noises and Mr. Flibberty-Jib

30. Scuffy the Tugboat

31. Circus Time

32. Fix It, Please

33. Let's Go Shopping

34. The Golden Book of Hymns

35. Happy Family

36. Saggy Baggy Elephant

WALT DISNEY'S LITTLE LIBRARY

D1. Through the Picture Frame (1944) Based on the Hans Christian Andersen story Ole Lukoie, this was part of the Silly Symphony series. Illustrated by the Walt Disney Studio

D2. Cold-Blooded Penguin (1944) Features Pablo the Penguin from the 1944 film The Three Caballeros. Adapted by Robert Edmunds and illustrated by Walt Disney Studio.

D3. Dumbo (1948) Based on the 1941 classic animated feature. This is the blue spine, 42 page version

D4. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1948) Based on Disney’s first full-length animated feature (1937). Adapted by Ken O'Brien and Al Dempster

D5. Peter and the Wolf (1947) Based on the 1946 animated cartoon sequence in Walt Disney’s “Make Mine Music”. Pictures by Richard Kelsey

D6. Uncle Remus Stories (1947) These stories were adapted from the 1946 film "Song of the South". Retold by Marion Palmer. Pictures by Al Dempster and Bill Justice

Little Golden Books- Publisher History Simon & Schuster (1942–1958)
Western Publishing (1942–2001)
Golden Press (1958–2001)
Random House (2001-present)
Penguin Random House (2013–present)

Bonus Intrigue: Little Golden Library with SlipCase

Little Golden Book Library boxed set, typically containing four classic illustrated children's books published by Golden Press. - Amazon - Gumtree - ebay - ebay
These sets often include volumes such as Bedtime Stories, Golden Favorites, Fairy Tales and Rhymes , and Our Wonderful World.

Source: https://goldenbookguy.com/?s=Blue+Spine

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Stamps | The Story of Baby Jesus

The Story of Baby Jesus, 1957 copyright, "A" 1st edition, by Jane Werner Watson, with drawings and 18 stamps in full color by Eloise Wilkin. 

Little Golden Stamp Book, titled "THE STORY OF BABY JESUS" #A10

Story by Jane Werner Watson, illustrated by Eloise Wilkin, 

Published in 1957 by Simon and Schuster,

The book tells the story of Baby Jesus in a way that is easy for children to understand, making it the perfect gift for young readers. 

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Archived pages with stamps attaches. Read the Story

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