Kathleen W. Deady, Children's Author/Golden Books

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My main interest is to show the progression of the illustration styles over time. For that reason, I have sorted by the copyright date of the interior illustrations in the copy displayed, not by the number assigned the title. The number below each book indicates the number first given to that title. Further information about which printing or edition is shown, or details about changes made, are noted as known.

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1942

#1	#2	#3	#4
Three Little Kittens Illustrated by Masha c. 1942 Western Publishing Co. 1959 Ed. (#381), GG Printing, 24 pages (Original 1942 edition was 42 pages)	Bedtime Stories Illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren c. 1942 Artists & Writers Guild, Inc/ Simon & Schuster 8th printing, 1945, blue spine, 42 pages	The Alphabet From A to Z by Leah Gale Illustrated by Vivienne Blake c. 1942 Simon and Schuster 1st, K printing (1948), blue spine, 42 pages	Mother Goose Selected by Phyllis Illustrated by Miss Elliot c. 1942 Simon and Schuster R printing (1949) gold paper spine, 42 pages
#5	#6	#7	#8
Prayers for Children Illustrated by Rachel Taft Dixon c. 1942 Simon and Schuster 1st ed., N printing (1949) Gold paper spine, 42 pages	The Little Red Hen Illustrated by Rudolf c. 1942 Simon and Schuster 1st edition, 6th Printing Blue spine, 42 pages	Nursery Songs Arranged by Leah Gale Illustrated by Corinne Malvern c. 1942 Simon and Schuster 11th printing (1948) 2nd cover, blue spine, 42 pages	The Poky Little Puppy by Janette Sebring Lowrey Illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren c. 1942 Artists &Writers Guild/ Simon & Schuster 6th printing April, 1944 blue spine, 42 pages

#10

#12

The Poky Little Puppy
by Janette Sebring Lowrey
Illustrated by
Gustaf Tenggren

c.1942
Western Publishing Co.
1963 edition, G Printing,
24 pages (Original 1942 edition was 42 pages.)

My First Book
Illustrated
by Bob Smith

c. 1942
Simon and Schuster
"P" (1949), 42 pages
Gold paper spine

This Little Piggy
and other
Counting Rhymes
Selected by Phyllis Fraser
Illustrated by
Roberta Paflin

c. 1942
Simon and Schuster /
Artists & Writers Guild
6th printing, Jan. 1945
blue spine, 42 pages

1943-45

#13	#14	#15	#15
The Golden Book of Birds by Hazel Lockwood Illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky c. 1943 Simon and Schuster 1st ed., E printing, 42 pages	Nursery Tales Illustrated by Masha c. 1943 Simon and Schuster H printing, gold paper spine, 42 pages	The Lively Little Rabbit by Ariane Illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren c.1943 Simon and Schuster M Printing, 1950 gold paper spine, 42 pages	The Lively Little Rabbit by Ariane Illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren c.1943 Western Publishing 29th printing, 1982 #201-44), foil spine, 24 pages
#18	#19	#17	#22
A Day In the Jungle by Janet Sebring Lowrey Pictures by Tibor Gergely c. 1943 I Printing, 42 pages Gold paper spine	My First Book of Bible Stories by Mary Ann Walton Illus. by Emmy Ferand c. 1943 Artists and Writers Guild/ Simon and Schuster 1st, Blue spine, 42 pages	Hansel and Gretel by Jacob and William Grimm Interior illustrations by Erika Weihs c. 1945 (interior) (1953 cover by Eloise Wilkin) Simon and Schuster H Printing (1953), 28 pages	Toys by Edith Osswald Illustrated by Masha c. 1945 Simon and Schuster I printing, 42 pages

1946

#9	#21	#23	#24
The First Little Golden Book of Fairy Tales Illustrated by Getrude Elliot c.1946 Simon and Schuster D printing, 42 pages	Tootle Story by Gertrude Crampton Pictures by Tibor Gergely c.1946 Simon and Schuster H Printing, 42 pages	The Shy Little Kitten Pictures by Gustaf Tenggren Story by Cathleen Schurr c. 1946 Simon and Schuster 1st edition, A printing, blue spine, 42 pages	The New House in the Forest by Lucy Sprague Mitchell Pictures by Eloise Wilkin c. 1946 Simon and Schuster blue spine, 42 pages
#25	#26	#30	#D5
The Taxi That Hurried by Lucy Sprague Mitchell, Irma Simonton Black, and Jessie Stanton Pictures by Tibor Gergely c. 1946 Golden Press M Printing (1963),	Christmas Carols Arranged by Marjorie Wyckoff Pictures by Corinne Malvern c. 1946 Golden Press L printing, (2nd cover) 24 pages	Scuffy the Tugboat and His Adventures Down the River by Gertrude Crampton Pictures by Tibor Gergely c. 1946 Western Publishing Co. 1955 Edition, renewed 1974 27th printing 1981 (#305-31) 24 pages	Peter and the Wolf Pictures by Richard Kelsey for Walt Disney Studio c. 1946, 1947 Walt Disney Productions 3rd printing, 1977 24 pages Original had different cover, 42 pages

		1947
#28	#29	#34	#35	#36
Chip Chip by Norman Wright with Pictures by Nino Carbe c. 1947 Simon and Schuster First Edition, C Printing. 42 pages	Noises and Mr. Flibberty-Jib by Gertrude Crampton Illustrated by Eloise Wilkin c. 1947 Simon and Schuster D printing, 42 pages Gold paper spine	The Little Golden Book of Hymns Collected by Elsa Jane Werner Illustrated by Corinne Malvern c. 1947 Simon and Schuster E Printing (1949) Gold paper spine, 28 pages	Coming Soon The Happy Family Story by Nicole Illustrated by Gertrude Elliott c. 1947 Simon and Schuster Blue spine, 42 pages	The Saggy Baggy Elephant by K.& B. Jackson Illus. by Gustaf Tenggren c.1947 Golden Press 1959 edit. (# 385), 24 pages, 26th printing, 1978
#38	#39	#89	#D3	#D3
The Little Golden Book of Poetry Illus. by Corinne Malvern c.1947 Simon & Schuster E edition, 28 pages	Animal Babies Story by Kathryn and Byron Jackson Pictures by Adele Werber c. 1947 Simon and Schuster G Printing, 42 pages Gold Paper spine	The Big Brown Bear by Georges Duplaix Illus. by Gustaf Tenggren c. 1947 Western Publishing Co. Renewed 1975, 24 pages (Original 1947 edition had a different cover and was 42 pages)	Walt Disney's Dumbo Illustrated by the Walt Disnney Studio c.1947 Simon and Schuster F printing, gold paper spine, 42 pages	Walt Disney's Dumbo Illustrated by the Walt Disnney Studio c.1947 ( 1952 cover) Walt Disney Productions 1979 edit., Z printing, 24 pages

1948

#37

#41

#42

#43

#45

A Year on the Farm
by Lucy Sprague Mitchell
lllustrated by
Richard Floethe

c. 1948
Simon and Schuster
A printing, 42 pages

The New Baby
by Ruth and Harold Shane Illustrated by
Eloise Wilkin

c. 1948
Simon and Schuster
A Printing, 42 pages
(See also 1975 edition
with updated illustrations
by same illustrator)

Little Red
Riding Hood
Told and Illustrated
by Elizabeth Orton Jones

c. 1948
Simon and Schuster
F Edition 28 pages
(A edition was 42 pages)

Little Pond
in the Woods
by Muriel Ward
Illustrated by
Tibor Gergely

c. 1948
Simon and Schuster
A printing, 42 pages

Little Golden Book
of Words
by Selma Lola Chambers
Illustrated by
Gertrude Elliot

c. 1948
Simon and Schuster
B Printing, 42 pages

#46	#47	#48	#49
The Golden Sleepy Book by Margaret Wise Brown Pictures by Garth Williams c.1948 Simon and Schuster First edition, A printing, 42 pages	The Three Bears Illustrated by F. Rojankovsky c. 1948 Western Publishing Later edition (#307-48), 24 page	A Year in the City by Lucy Sprague Mitchell Pictures by Tibor Gergely c. 1948 Simon and Schuster A printing, 42 pages	Mr. Noah and His Family by Jane Werner Pictures by Alice and Martin Provensen c. 1948 Simon and Schuster D printing
#50	#52	#53	#54
Busy Timmy by Kathryn/Byron Jackson Pictures by Eloise Wilkin c. 1948 Western Publishing Company 9th printing, 1975, 24 pages	Little Peewee by Dorothy Kunhardt Pictures by J.P. Miller c.1948 Simon and Schuster c1934 (as Now Open the Box) F printing, 42 pages	Up in the Attic A Story ABC by Hilda K. Williams Pictures by Corinne Malvern c. 1948 Simon and Schuster A Printing, 42 pages Gold paper spine	Baby's Mother Goose Pat-a-cake Illustrations by Aurelius Battaglia c. 1948 Golden Press 1960 edition (D printing), 24 pages
#55	#55/200-57	#56	#64
A Name for Kitty by Phyllis Mc Ginley Feodor Rojankovsky c. 1948 Simon and Schuster A printing, 42 pages	Kitty on the Farm (Formerly A Name for Kitty) by Phyllis Mc Ginley Feodor Rojankovsky c. 1948 Western Publishing 1989 edition, c printing	Our Puppy by Elsa Ruth Nast Illustrations by Feodor Rojankovsky c. 1948 Simon and Schuster D edition, 28 pages	Five Little Firemen Margaret Wise Brown and Edith Thacher Hurd Pictures by Tibor Gergley c.1948 Simon and Schuster B printing, 24 pages
#300-54	#D4	#D7	#D10
Coming Soon Old Mother Goose and Other Nursery Rhymes Illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen (Selected Illustrations from 1948 book "Giant Golden Mother Goose") c. 1948 (illust.) Western Publishing Co. 1988 First edition, 24 pages	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Illus. by Walt Disney Studios c. 1948, 1937 Walt Disney Productions 1979 edition (#103-2) 50th printing, 1980, 24 pages	Bambi Based on original story by Felix Salten Illustrated by Walt Disney Studios c. 1948/1941 Western Publishing Co. 1965 edition (#D90), 37th printing 1974, 24 pages	Three Little Pigs Illustrated by Walt Disney Studio c. 1948 Western Publishing Co. 1953 edit., EE printing (#106-43), 24 pages (Original 1948 edition was 42 pages

1949

#20	#58	#60	#62
The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore (1822) Illustrated by Corinne Malvern c. 1949 Western Publishing Co. 31st Printing, 1976, 24 pages	What Am I? A Picture Quiz Book by Ruth Leon Illustrations by Cornelius DeWitt c.1949 Simon and Schuster C printing, 28 pages	Guess Who Lives Here By Louise Woodcock Pictures by Eloise Wilkin c.1949 Simon and Schuster C Printing, 42 pages	We Like to Do Things by Walter M. Mason Pictures by Steffie Lerch c. 1949 Simon and Schuster C printing, 42 pages
#68	#72	#75	#78
Little Galoshes by Kathryn/Byron Jackson Pictures by J. P. Miller c. 1949 Simon and Schuster A printing, 42 pages	Bugs Bunny Pictures by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. Adapted by Tom McKimson and Al Dempster c. 1949 Simon and Schuster C printing, 42 pages	Katie the Kitten by Kathryn and Byron Jackson Pictures by Alice and Martin Provensen c. 1949 Simon and Schuster C printing, 42 pages Gold paper spine	NEW The Fuzzy Duckling by Jane Werner Pictures by Alice and Martin Provensen c. 1949 Golden Press 15th edition, 1979, # 482-1 24 pages
#81	#83	#86	#D36
Duck and His Friends by K. and B. Jackson Pictures by Richard Scarry c. 1949 Western Publishing 5th printing, 1973, 24 pages	How Big? Story and Pictures by Corinne Malvern c1949 Golden Press 5th Printing, 1972, 24 pages, 2nd cover (original edition in 1949 was 28 pages)	The Color Kittens by Margaret Wise Brown Illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen c. 1949 Simon and Schuster A printing, 28 pages	Mother Goose Illustrated by the Walt Disney Studio Adapted by Al Dempster c. 1949 Western Publishing Co. 1952 edition, F printing (#106-55), cover background changed colors, 24 pages

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