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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.

For a list of my books in order by the number assigned to the title, click here.  

Click on image to see sample pages, as well as further information on selected books.

1950


#67


#76


#77


# 79


#80

The Jolly Barnyard
by Annie North Bedford
Pictures by Tibor Gergely

c.1950
Western Publishing
13th printing, 1976
24 pages

 

The Wonderful House
by Margaret Wise Brown
Pictures by J. P. Miller

c. 1950
Simon and Schuster
A printing, 42 pages



The Happy Man and
His Dump Truck

by Miryam
Pictures by Tibor Gergely

c. 1950
Simon and Schuster
C printing, 28 pages


The Little Trapper
by Kathryn and Byron Jackson
Pictures by Gustaf Tenggren 

c. 1950
Simon and Schuster
A printing, 42 pages

 

Coming Soon
Baby's House
by Gerolo McHugh
Illustrated by Mary Blair

c. 1950
Simon and Schuster/
Random House
2010 edition, 24 pages

 


#88


#91


#92


#94

A Day at the Zoo  
by Marion Conger
Pictures by Tibor Gergely

c. 1950
by Simon and Schuster
Apparent 1st edition
42 pages

 

The Little Fat Policeman
by Margaret Wise Brown
and Edith Thacher Hurd
Pictures by Alice
and Martin Provensen 

c. 1950
Simon and Schuster
A printing, 42 pages


I Can Fly
by Ruth Kraus
Pictures by Mary Blair

c. 1950
Simon & Schuster
First "A" edition, 42 pages



Jerry at School
by Kathryn and Byron Jackson
Pictures 
by Corinne Malvern

c. 1950
Simon and Schuster
1st edition, D printing, 
28 pages

 


#97


#98


#99


#100

Little Benny 
Wanted a Pony
 by Oliver O'Connor Barrett
Pictures by Richard Scarry

c.1950
Simon and Schuster
1st edition, 42 pages

 

Bugs Bunny's 
Birthday

by Warner Bros.
Cartoons
Pictures by Warner
Bros. Cartoons

c. 1950
Simon and Schuster
A Printing, 28 pages

Howdy Doody's Circus
by Edward Keane
Pictures by Liz Dauber
and Dan Gormley

c.1950
Simon and Schuster
A printing, 28 pages

 

Little Boy with a
Big Horn

by Jack Bechdolt
Pictures by Aurelius Battaglia 

c. 1950
Simon and Schuster
A Printing, 42 pages

 


#111


#304-59


#D13


#D14

Dr. Dan
 the Bandage Man

by Helen Gaspard
pictures by Corinne Malvern

c. 1950
Simon and Schuster
A Printing, 28 pages 

 

 

 

Funny Bunny
by Rachel Learnard
Illustrated by
 Alice and Martin Provensen

c. 1950
Western Publishing Co.
renewed 1978, A printing,
 24 pages

 

 

Cinderella
Illustrations by the Walt Disney Studio
Adapted by Campbell Grant

c. 1950
Simon and Schuster
1st edition, 28 pages

 

 

 

Coming Soon
Donald Duck's Adventure
Told by Annie North Bedford
Illustrations by 
the Walt Disney Studio
Adapted by Campbell Grant

c. 1950
Golden Books/
Simon and Schuster
Reissued in the Mickey Mouse Club
 book series in 1958 
E printing, 28 pages

 


#D15


#D15


#D16


#D18

Mickey Mouse's 
Picnic

by Jane Werner
Illustrated and adapted 
by Walt Disney Studios

c. 1950
Walt Disney Productions
B Printing, 28 pages. 
First Cover


Mickey Mouse's
 Picnic

by Jane Werner
Illustrated and adapted 
by Walt Disney Studios

c. 1950
Walt Disney Productions
1965 edition (#100-5), 
24 pages., second cover


Santa's Toy Shop
Illustrations
 by The Walt Disney Studio
Adapted by Al Dempster

c. 1950
Western Publishing Co.
18th printing, 1976, 
24 pages




Coming Soon
Donald Duck's
Toy Train
Told by Jane Werner
Pictures by the Walt Disney Studio
Adapted by Dick Kelsey and Bill Justice from the motion picture "Out of Scale"

c. 1950
Western Publishing
1972 printing, 24 pages

Coming Soon
Gerald McBoing Boing
Based on the 1950 animated 
short film by Dr. Seuss

c. 1950 (illustrations.)
Simon and Schuster
(Book c. 2000 
by Random House
 24 pages)

 

 

1951


#101


#103


#107


#108


#112

The Little
Golden ABC

Pictures 
by Cornelius DeWitt

c. 1951
Western Publishing
Copyright renewed 1979,
 24 pages


Christopher and
the Columbus

by Kathryn and Byron Jackson
Pictures by Tibor Gergely

c. 1951
Simon and Schuster
1st edition, B printing,
 28 pages


Little Lost
Kitten
by Nina
Illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky

c. 1951
Western Publishing Co.
1979/1987 edition
 #302-56, 24 pages



Two Little Gardeners
by Margaret Wise Brown
 and Edith Thatcher Hurd
Illus. by Gertrude Elliot

c. 1951
Simon and Schuster
A Printing, 28 pages

 

 

Albert's Zoo
A Stencil Book

by Jane Werner
Pictures by Richard Scarry

c. 1951
Simon and Schuster
A printing, 28 pages




#113


#114


#117


#118


#119

Coming Soon
The Little Golden
Paper Dolls
by Hilda Miloche 
and Wilma Kane

c. 1951
Simon and Schuster

 

 

Pantaloon
by Kathryn Jackson
Pictures
by Leonard Weisgard

c. 1951
Simon and Schuster
1st edition, A printing, 
28 pages

 

Tom and Jerry
Story and pictures
by MGM 
Pictures adapted 
by Don Maclaughkin 
and Harvey Eisenberg

c. 1951
Simon and Schuster 
A Printing, 14 pages

 

The Train to
Timbuctoo

by Margaret Wise Brown
Pictures by Art Seiden

c. 1951
Western Publishing Company
Renewed 1979, 24 pages


 

A Day At the Playground
by Miriam Schlein
Pictures by Eloise Wilkin

c. 1951
Simon and Schuster
A Printing, 28 pages

 

 


#124
   


#125


#142


#142


#143

Robert and His 
New Friends
by Nina Schneider
Pictures 
by Corinne Malvern

c. 1951
Simon and Schuster
A printing, 28 pages

 

Boats
by Ruth Mabee Lachman
Illustrated by 
Lenora and Herbert Combes

c. 1951
Western Publishing Co.
edition uncertain, 24 pages

 

Frosty the Snowman
Retold by 
Annie North Bedford
Pictures by Connie Malvern

c. 1951
Hill and Range Songs, Inc.
Simon and Schuster
A Printing, 28 pages

 

Frosty the Snowman
Retold by 
Annie North Bedford
Pictures by Connie Malvern

c. 1951
Hill and Range, Inc. 
Western Publishing Co. 
 #451-31, 33rd printing, 1981
24 pages, 2nd Cover (c. 1972) 

 

Coming Soon
Here Comes the Parade
by Kathryn Jackson
Pictures by Richard Scarry

c. 1951
Simon and Schuster
A printing, 28 pages



#314


#366


#382


#D19


#D21

Pussy Willow
by Margaret Wise Brown
Pictures by Leonard Weisgard

c. 1951
Western Publishing
B Printing, 24 pages


 

Cars and Trucks
Pictures by Richard Scary 

c. 1951
1959 edition by 
Western Publishing
5th printing, 1971,
 24 pages


The Little Golden
 Fire Engine Book

 (inside title)
With pictures 
by Tibor Gergely

c. 1951, 1959
Western Publishing Co., 
Q printing, 24 pages

 

Alice in Wonderland 
Meets the White Rabbit

Retold by Jane Werner
Pictures by
the Walt Disney Studio

c. 1951
Walt Disney Productions
4th Printing 1975, 
24 pages

Grandpa Bunny
Told by Jane Werner
Illustrations by 
the Walt Disney Studio

c 1951
Simon and Schuster
First edition, "A", 
28 pages

 

1952


#126


#128


#134


#135


#136

The Gingerbread
 Shop
A Story from Mary Poppins
by P. L. Travers
Pictures by Gertrude Elliot

c. 1952
Simon and Schuster
 A printing, 28 pages


Mister Dog
by Margaret Wise Brown
Picture by Garth Williams

c. 1952
Western Publishing Company
D printing (#204-37),
 24 pages

 

 

Seven Little Postmen
by Margaret Wise Brown
and Edith Thatcher Hurd
Pictures by Tibor Gergely

c. 1952
Western Publishing Co.
1962 edit (#504) 
4th Printing, 1971


 

Coming Soon
Howdy Dowdy 
and the Princess
by Edward Kean
Pictures by Art Seiden

c. 1952
Simon and Schuster
A Printing, 28 pages

 

 

Bugs Bunny 
Gets a Job

Told by 
Annie North Bedford
Pictures  by 
Warner Bros. Cartoons

c.1952
Simon and Schuster
A printing, 28 pages

 


#138


#145


#158


#205

Tawny Scrawny
Lion
by Kathryn Jackson
Pictures 
by Gustaf Tenggren

c.1952
Western Publishing Co.
18th Edition, #201-43,
 24 pages


Woody Woodpecker
by Walter Lantz
Pictures by the 
Walter Lantz Studio
Adapted by Riley Thomson
Story by Annie North Bedford

c. 1952
Simon and Schuster
A Printing, 28 pages


The Christmas
Story

Told by Jane Warner
Pictures 
by Eloise Wilkins

c. 1952
Western Publishing Co.
7th printing, 1971
 24 pages


Prayers for Children
Pictures
by Eloise Wilkin

c. 1952
Golden Press
A Printing, 28 pages



 


#274


#D24


#D24


#D27

Baby Animals
by Garth Williams

 c. 1952, 1956
Western Publishing Co.
28th printing, 1982,
 24 pages

 

 

Peter Pan and Wendy
Told by Annie North Bedford
Illustrations by Walt Disney Studio
Adapted by Eyvind Earle

c. 1952
Simon and Schuster
A Printing, 28 pages

 

Peter Pan and Wendy
Told by Annie North Bedford
Illustrations by
Walt Disney Studio
Adapted by Eyvind Earle

c. 1952
Golden Press/
Western Publishing
29th printing, 1982, 24 pages

 

Donald Duck and
 Santa Claus
Told by Annie North Bedford Illustrations by
The Walt Disney Studio
Adapted by Al Dempster

c. 1952
Golden Press
E printing, (1st cover)
24 pages

1953


#153/514

#156


#160


#162


#166

Coming Soon
Thumbelina
by Hans Christian Anderson
Illustrated 
by Gustaf Tenggren

c. 1953 (Illus.)
Western Publishing
2nd cover, #514, 1963
# 300-55, 24 pages

 

The Sailor Dog
by Margaret Wise Brown
Pictures by Garth Williams

c.1953
Golden Press
R printing, 1992,  
#312-08, 24 pages

 

 

Danny Beaver's
 Secret

by Patsy Scarry
Pictures by Richard Scarry

c.1953
Simon and Schuster
A printing, 28 pages

 

 

The Little Red Caboose
Story by Marian Potter
Pictures by Tibor Gergely

c. 1953
Western Publishing Co.
1979 edition, #306-2,
 24 pages

 

Wiggles
by Louise Woodcock
Pictures by Eloise Wilkin

c. 1953
Simon and Schuster
A printing, 28 pages

 

 


#167


#169


#170


#172

The Very Best Home
 For Me

by Jane Werner Watson
Pictures by Garth Williams

c. 1953
Western Publishing Co.
1981 edition (#304-25), 
2nd printing, 24 pages


Rabbit and 
His Friends
Story and Pictures
 by Richard Scarry

c. 1953
Western Publishing C.
2nd printing, 1973, 
24 pages


The Merry 
Shipwreck
by Georges Duplaix
Pictures by Tibor Gergely

c. 1953
Simon and Schuster
A printing, 28 pages


Howdy Doody
 in Funland

by Edward Keane 
Pictures by Art Seiden

c. 1953
Simon and Schuster
A Printing, 28 pages. 



#174


#178


#187


#211 (200-52)


#333

  Bible Stories 
 of Boys and Girls
Retold by Jane Werner
Pictures by 
Rachel Taft Dixon
 and Marjorie Hartwell

c. 1953
Simon and Schuster
A Printing, 28 pages




The Brave
Little Taylor

Pictures by J. P. Miller

c. 1953
Western Publishing Co.
2nd Printing, 1972, 
24 pages



 

Daddies
by Janet Frank
Pictures by Tibor Gergely

c. 1953
Simon and Schuster
1st edition, A printing, 
28 pages


 

The Animals of 
Farmer Jones 

by Leah Gale
Pictures 
by Richard Scarry

c. 1953
Western Publishing Co.
1970 Edition (#200-52), 
24 pages
(Click on image for 
further info)


Baby Farm 
Animals
Written and illustrated 
by Garth Williams 

c. 1953/1958
Simon & Schuster
2003 classic ed.
 24 pages



#201


#204


#206


#D38


#D76

Debbie and
Her Nap

by Miss Francis 
(Dr. Frances R. Horwich and 
Reinald Werrenath, Jr.)
Illustrations by Adele Wehr

c.1953
A Ding Dong School Book
Rand McNally, 28 pages

 

I Decided 
by Miss Francis 
(Dr. Frances R. Horwich and 
Reinald Werrenath, Jr.)
Illustrations by Marge Opitz

c.1953
A Ding Dong School Book
Rand McNally, 28 pages

 

Coming Soon
Dressing Up
by Miss Francis
(Dr. Frances R. Horwich and 
Reinald Werrenath, Jr.)
Illustrations by Katherine Evans

c. 1953
A Ding Dong School Book
Rand McNally, 28 pages

 

Chip and Dale
at the Zoo
Told by Annie North Bedford
Pictures 
by the Walt Disney Studio
Adapted by Bill Bosche

c. 1953
Simon and Schuster
A printing, 28 pages

 

Coming Soon
Mickey Mouse 
and Pluto Pup
Told by Elizabeth Beecher
Pictures by the Walt Disney Studio
Adapted by Campbell Grant

c. 1953
Golden Press
9th printing, 1971,
24 pages

1954


#192

#198


#199


#206


#207

Heidi
Adapted from the original 
story by Johanna Spyri
Pictures by 
Corinne Malvern

c.1954
Western Publishing Co.
1st Edition, A printing, 
24 page


First Bible Stories
Retold by Jane Werner 
Pictures by Eloise Wilkin

c. 1953
Simon and Schuster
A Printing, 28 pages. 


 

The Friendly Book
by Margaret Wise Brown
Pictures by Garth Williams

c. 1954
Western Publishing Co.
4th Printing, 1974 (#592), 
24 pages

 

Little Gray 
Donkey

by Alice Lunt
Illustrations
 by Tibor Gergely

c. 1954
Simon and Schuster
1st edition, A printing, 
28 pages

 

Open Up 
My Suitcase
by Alice Low
Pictures by
Corinne Malvern

c. 1954
Simon and Schuster
A Printing, 28 pages

 


#214

#17

#209

#209/296

My Big Brother
by Miss Frances
Illustrations
by Mina Grow McLean

c. 1954
A Ding Dong School Book
Rand McNally, 28 pages

 

 

Hansel and Gretel
by Jacob and William Grimm
Illustrated by Eloise Wilkin

c. 1954 (interior)
c. 1953 (Cover)
Western Publishing Co.
27th printing 1980 
(#308-2), 24 pages

 

Coming Soon
The Little 
Red Hen

Pictures  by J. P. Miller
Cover by J.P. Miller

c. 1954
Golden Press
(Cover modified for this 
2002 "Classic" edition
24 pages

The Little 
Red Hen

Pictures 
by J. P. Miller
Cover by Rudolf

c. 1954/1957
Golden Press
F printing, 24 pages

 


#548


D37


D40


D42

The Little Engine
That Could

Retold by Watty Piper
Illustrated by George
and Doris Hauman

c. 1954
Western Publishing/
The Platt and Munk Co.
10th Printing, 1978,
 24 pages


Ben and Me
Based on the Book 
by Robert Lawson
Pictures by
 the Walt Disney Studio

c. 1954
Simon and Schuster
A printing, 28 pages

 


Donald Duck's 
Toy Sailboat
Told by Annie North Bedford
Pictures by the 
Walt Disney Studio
Adapted by Samuel Armstrong
 from the motion picture
"Chips Ahoy"

c. 1954
Western publishing
22nd Printing, 1980
#102-21, 24 pages

 

Lady
Illustrated by 
Walt Disney Studio
Adapted by Samuel Armstrong

c. 1954
Western Publishing/
Walt Disney Productions
15th printing, 
1981 (#105-35), 24 pages


 

1955


#215


#219


#220/DIN2


#222/DIN6

The Bunny Book
by Patsy Scarry
Pictures 
by Richard Scarry

c. 1955
Western Publishing Co.
10th Printing, 1980
 (#473-21), 24 pages

 

Coming Soon
Jingle Bell Jack
by Miss Francis
(Dr. Frances R. Horwich and 
Reinald Werrenath, Jr.)
Illustrations by Katherine Evans

c. 1953
A Ding Dong School Book
Rand McNally, 28 pages

 

Mr. Meyer's 
Cow

by Miss Francis 
(Dr. Frances R. Horwich)
Illustrations by William Neebe

c. 1955/1959
A Ding Dong School Book
Golden Press, 24 pages

 

The Magic Wagon 
by Miss Francis
(Dr. Frances R. Horwich) 
Illustrated by 
Elizabeth Webbe

c. 1955 
Golden Press
A Printing, 24 pages

 


#224


#225


#233


#235

Smokey 
the Bear

by Jane Werner
Pictures by
Richard Scarry

c. 1955
Simon and Schuster
A printing, 28 pages

 

Coming Soon
We Love Grandpa
by Miss Francis
(Dr. Frances R. Horwich and 
Reinald Werrenath, Jr.)
Illustrations by Dorothy Grider

c. 1955
A Ding Dong School Book
Golden Press, 24 pages

 

My Puppy 
by Patsy Scarry 
Pictures by Eloise Wilkin

c. 1955 
Western Publishing
6th printing, 1973, 
24 pages

 

Tom and Jerry's
 Party

Told by Steffi Fletcher
Pictures by MGM Cartoons

c. 1955
Western Publishing Co.
F Printing, 24 pages

 


#237

#243

D45

#A8

Howdy Doody
and Santa Claus
by Edward Kean
Pictures by Art Seiden 

c.1955
Simon and Schuster
A printing, 28 pages

Numbers
What They Look Like and What They Do
by Mary Reed and Edith Osswald
Pictures by Violet LaMont

c. 1955
Golden Press
J Printing, 24 pages

Coming Soon
Davy Crockett
King of the Wild Frontier
Told by Irwin Shapiro
Pictures by 
The Walt Disney Studio

c. 1955
Simon and Schuster
B Printing, 28 pages

Bird Stamps
by Kathleen N. Daly
Drawing and Stamps 
by James Gordon Irving

c.1949, 1955
Simon and Schuster
B Printing, 20 Pages 

 

1956


#254


#255


#268


#276


#428

Buffalo Bill
by Gladys Wyatt
Pictures 
by Hamilton Greene

c. 1956
Simon and Shuster/
Flying A Productions
First Edition A printing, 
24 pages

 

Lassie 
Shows the Way

by Monica Hill
Pictures by Lee Ames

c.1956
Simon and Schuster
A printing, 24 pages



My Little Golden
Book About God

by Jane Werner Watson 
Pictures by Eloise Wilkins

c.1956
Simon and Schuster
First Edition, A printing


 

Rin Tin Tin 
and the Lost Indian

by Monica Hill 
Pictures by 
Hamilton Greene

c. 1956
Simon and Schuster
A Printing, 24 pages. 

 

Home for a
Bunny

by Margaret Wise Brown
Pictures by
Garth Williams

c. 1956
Western Publishing Co.
1961 edition, 24 pages

 


#434

#D53

#D57


#223

My First
Counting Book
 by Lillian Moore
Pictures by Garth Williams

c. 1956, 1957
Western Publishing
# 203-63, 1995 edition


 

Mickey Mouse Flies
the Christmas Mail
Told by Annie North Bedford
Pictures by the Walt Disney Studio
Adapted by Julius Svendsen
 and Neil Boyle

c.1955
Simon & Schuster
A printing, 24 pages



Mickey Mouse and
the Missing Mouseketeers

Told by Annie North Bedford
Pictures by
Walt Disney Studio
Adapted by Julius Svensen 
and Bob Totten

c. 1956
Walt Disney Productions/
Western Publishing
5th printing, 1979

 

My Daddy is 
a Policeman
by Miss Francis
 (Dr. Francis Horwich)
Illustrated by Helen Prickett

c. 1956
Rand McNally & Company
1st edition, 28 pages


 

1957


#278 


#285


#286


#289

Captain Kangaroo
and the Panda
by Kathleen N. Daly
Pictures by Edwin Schmidt

c.1957
Simon and Schuster
A printing, 24 pages

 

How To Tell Time
by Jane Werner Watson Pictures by Eleanor Dart

 c. 1957
Simon and Schuster
A Printing, 26 pages

 

Coming Soon
Fury
by Kathleen Irwin
Pictures by Mel Crawford

c. 1957
Simon and Schuster
A printing, 24 pages


A Child's Garden
of Verses
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Selected and Illustrated
 by Eloise Wilkin

c. 1957 
Golden Press
1st edition, B printing (1962), #493, new cover, 
24 pages


#304 


#305


#322


#322/159

Rin-Tin-Tin 
and the Outlaw

by Charles Spain Verral
Pictures by Mel Crawford

c. 1957
Simon and Schuster
A printing, 24 pages


 

Coming Soon
The White Bunny
 and His Magic Nose
by Lily Duplaix
Pictures 
by Feodor Rojankovsky

c. 1957 (Illus.)
1945 (story)
Western Publishing
D Printing, 24 pages

 

Four Little Kittens
by Kathleen M. Daly
Pictures by
Adriana Mazza Saviozzi

c. 1957
Western Publishing Co.
8th Printing, 1976, 
24 pages

Coming Soon
Quatre petits chats
Par K. Daly
Illustrations de A. Saviozzi

c. 1957
editions des deux coqs d'or
Simon & Schuster/
Western Pub., 24 pages


#202-56

#D64


#A19

Bunnies ABC
 
Illustrated 
by Garth Williams

c. 1957, 1954
Western Publishing
 1987 edition # 202-56

 

Paul Revere
By Irwin Shapiro
Pictures by 
the Walt Disney Studio
Adapted by Paul Luhrs

c.1957
Walt Disney Productions 
3rd printing, 1976, 
24 pages

Farm Stamps
by Kathryn Jackson
Drawings by
 Adriana Mazza Saviozzi

c.1957
Simon and Schuster
First Edition

 

1958


#184


#309


#313


#303

Birds
by Jane Werner Watson
Pictures by Eloise Wilkin

c. 1958
Western Publishing Co.
9th Printing, 1977, 
24 pages

 

Three 
Bedtime Stories

Pictures
 by Garth WIlliams

c. 1958
Western Publishing Co.
18th printing, 1981, 
24 pages

 

The Tale of 
Peter Rabbit
by Beatrix Potter
Pictures by 
Adriana Mazza Saviozzi

c. 1958
Western Publishing Co.
B printing, #505, 1962 
price change to 29c
24 pages

The Tale of 
Peter Rabbit 

by Beatrix Potter
Pictures by 
Adriana Mazza Saviozzi

c. 1958
Western Publishing Co.
F printing, #505, 1970, 
24 pages

 


#320


#331


#332


#D88

Gunsmoke
by Seymour Reit
Pictures by 
E. Joseph Dreany

c. 1958
Simon and Schuster/
Columbia Broadcasting System
"A" edition, 24 pages


 

Rudolph the 
Red-Nosed
Reindeer 
by Barbara Shook Hazen
Adapted from the story
by Robert L. May
Pictures by
Richard Scarry

c. 1958
Western Publishing Co.
1991 printing (#452-9), 24 pages

Wild Animal 
Babies
From all Over the World
by Kathleen N. Daly
Pictures 
by Feodor Rojankovsky

c. 1958
Golden Press/
Western Publishing
5th printing, 1972, 24 pages



Walt Disney's 
Scamp's Adventure
by Annie North Bedford
Pictures by 
the Walt Disney Studio

c. 1958
Golden Press
C printing, 28 pages

 


#D68


#D71

#D77

Zorro
Adapted from the
 Walt Disney 
Television Series
 characters created 
by Johnston McCulley 
Adapted by 
Charles Spain Verral 
Pictures by John Steel

c. 1958
Simon and Schuster
A Printing, 24 pages

 

Coming Soon
Walt Disney's 
Sleeping Beauty 
and the Good Fairies
Story by Dorothy Streeb 
and Annie North Bedford
Pictures by the
 Walt Disney Studio
Adapted by Julius Svensen and
 C. W. Satterfield

c. 1958
Simon and Schuster
A Printing, 12 pages

 

Coming Soon
Zorro 
and the Secret Plan
Told by Charles Spain Verral
Pictures by 
Hamilton Greene

c. 1958
Golden Press
B Printing, 24 pages

 

 

1959


#355


#358


#368


#369/205-2

#370

Dinosaurs
by Jane Werner Watson
Pictures by 
William de J. Rutherfoord

c. 1959
Golden Press
1st edition, B printing, 
24 pages

Baby's First Book
by Garth Williams

c. 1959
Golden Press
A printing, 24 pages



Baby's Christmas
by Esther Wilkin
Illustrated by
Eloise Wilkin

c. 1959
Western Publishing Co.
B Edition, #460-08 (1988)
24 pages

Coming Soon
Little Golden 
Picture Dictionary
by Nancy Fielding Hulick
Pictures by Tibor Gergely

c. 1959
Golden Press
39th Printing, 24 pages

The New Puppy
by Kathleen N. Daly
Pictures by Lilian Obligado

c. 1959
Western Publishing Co.
7th Printing, 1979, 
24 pages



#370/303-55


#372


#373

Coming Soon
The New Puppy
by Kathleen N. Daly
Pictures by Lilian Obligado

c. 1959
Western Publishing Co.
1969 edition, # 303-55
2nd cover, 24 pages

 

Woody Woodpecker
Drawing Fun for Beginners
by Carl Buettner
Pictures  by
Harvey Eisenberg and
Norman McGary

c. 1959 
Golden Press
A printing
24 pages

Airplanes
by Ruth Mabee Lachman 
Pictures  by
Steele Savage

c. 1959 (illust.)
c. 1953 (Text)
Golden Press
A printing, (2nd ilustrator)
24 pages

 


#5025


#374


#374/211-62


#378


#386

Coming Soon 
My Magic Slate Book
by Carl Memling
Pictures by Bill Dugan

"A Giant Little Golden Book"

c. 1959
Golden Press
A Printing, 24 pages


The Blue Book of
 Fairy Tales 
Three Stories with Pictures
 by Gordon Laite 

c. 1959
Western Publishing Company
B printing 24 pages 

 

 

Coming Soon
My Little 
Golden Book 
of Fairy Tales 
Previously titled
 The Blue Book of Fairy Tales
Three Stories
 by Gordon Laite 

c. 1959
Western Publishing Company
# 211-62 (1990)
B printing 24 pages 

Ruff and Reddy
by Ann McGovern
Pictures by 
Harvey Eisenberg
and Al White

c. 1959
Hanna-Barbera Productions
1st edition, 24 pages

 

 

Dennis the Menace
and Ruff

by Carl Memling
Pictures by 
Hawley Pratt and Lee Holley

c.1959
Golden Press
E Printing, 24 pages

 

 

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