75 Years of Little Golden Books 1942-2017 A Commemorative Set of 12 Best-Loved Books

75 Years of Little Golden Books: 1942-2017 : A Commemorative Set of 12 Best-Loved Books
ISBN: 9780399559518
Publication Date: 11 July 2017

The perfect gift: a gorgeous boxed edition of Little Golden Books loved by generations!

This beautiful, celebratory boxed set of twelve iconic Little Golden Books honors Golden Books 75th anniversary in 2017. Gold foil and beautiful cloth adorn this special package containing the following titles: The Poky Little Puppy, I Can Fly, The Sailor Dog, Scuffy the Tugboat, Wonders of Nature, The Three Bears, A Day at the Seashore, The Blue Book of Fairy Tales, Im a Truck, I Am a Bunny, The Whispering Rabbit, and Katie the Kitten, a newly reissued 1949 title available only in this box. The collection features a broad range of favorite stories and characterspublished from 1942 (the launch of Little Golden Books) to the present dayby creators such as Richard Scarry, Goodnight Moon author Margaret Wise Brown, and Caldecott Medalist illustrators Alice and Martin Provensen. It features the bestselling picture book of all time, The Poky Little Puppy, as well as a newly illustrated favorite, The Whispering Rabbit. There's also a poster inside, highlighting the history of Golden Books! This is a perfect gift for a special someone, to be cherished always.

About the Authors

RICHARD SCARRY, one of the best-loved children's book creators ever, began his career in the late 1940s at Golden Books. His 1963 book I Am a Bunny is an icon.

ELOISE WILKIN is known for her beautiful paintings of cherubic children and scenes of nature in the dozens of Golden Books she illustrated over decades. Caldecott Medalists ALICE AND MARTIN PROVENSEN began to illustrate books together in the mid-1940s, many of them for Golden Books, including The Fuzzy Duckling and The Color Kittens.