The original twelve titles in The Little Golden Library, all of which were published simultaneously in October, 1942.
1.The Three Little Kittens ... 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 GooseIllustrated ... by Miss Elliott
5. Prayers for Children ... Illustrated by Rachel Taft Dixon
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.
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
Tibor Gergely (No. 18): Known for illustrating Scuffy the Tugboat and The Tootle, some of the most famous Little Golden Books ever made.
21. Tootle (1947) ... by Gertrude Crampton, Illustrated by Tibor Gergely ... 42 pages
22. The Golden Book of Toys
23. The Shy Little Kitten
24. The New House in the Forest
25. The Taxi That Hurried ... by Lucy Sprague Mitchel, Illustrated by Tibor Gergely ... 42 pages
26. Christmas Carols
27. The Story of Jesus ... ... 42 pages
28. Chip Chip
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
34. Happy Family
34. 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 Library with SlipCase
Little Golden Book Library boxed set, typically containing four classic illustrated children's books published by Golden Press. - Amazon - Gumtree - ebay - ebayThese sets often include volumes such as Bedtime Stories, Golden Favorites, Fairy Tales and Rhymes , and Our Wonderful World.
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