In 1942, the launch ofLittle Golden Booksrevolutionized children's
book publishing by making high-quality picture books available at
affordable prices. More than 60 years later, many of the original
Golden Book titles are still wildly popular, with The Poky Little
Puppy topping the list of ten bestselling children's books of all
time.Golden Books' backlist is teeming with classics such as
Dorothy Kunhardt's Pat the Bunny, and features the stories and
artwork of children's book legends Mary Blair, Margaret Wise Brown,
Richard Scarry, Eloise Wilkins, Garth Williams, and many
more.Today, the Golden Books imprint includes an array of
storybooks, novelty books, and coloring and activity books
featuring all of the most popular licenses, including Disney,
Nickelodeon, Barbie, Thomas & Friends, The Cat in the Hat, Sesame
Street, Marvel Super Heroes, and DC Super Friends. Golden
Bookscontinues to reissue the best of its backlist in a variety of
formats, including ebooks and apps, as well as bringing out
brand-new books in these evolving new formats.
Byron Jackson (1899-1949), along with his wife Kathryn Jackson,
wrote hundreds of classic and well-knownstories, poems, and books
for Golden Books, including The Saggy Baggy Elephant, Tawny Scrawny
Lion, and A Day at the Seashore.
Gustaf Tenggren(1896-1970) was a well-known illustrator in his
native Sweden before immigrating to the United States in 1920. He
illustrated many Golden Books, beginning withThe Poky Little
Puppy.One of the original twelve Little Golden Bookspublished in
1942,The Poky Little Puppywent on to become the bestselling picture
book of all time. Other iconic Little Golden Books illustrated by
Tenggren includeThe Saggy Baggy ElephantandTawny Scrawny Lion.In
the late 1930s, Tenggren worked for the Disney Studio, providing
concept artwork (created to inspire and guide animators) for
various characters and scenes inBambi, The Old Mill, Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio,andFantasia.
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