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Posted: Nov 05 2011 at 11:24am | IP Logged Quote JennGM
Ever since Mary mentioned in this thread

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Thanks for the heads up on that link for Golden Gems. It's another fun, nostalgic blog. I hadn't clicked on that link. If you enjoy that blog, you would probably like the Golden Legacy: How Golden Books Won Children's Hearts, Changed Publishing Forever, and Became An American Icon Along the Way - really interesting history of the children's book publishing market. I discovered and re-discovered some treasured authors and illustrators.


and I read this book, I've really had a new appreciation for Golden Books, of all kinds. The illustrators and illustrations themselves are worth their weight in gold.

I love First Book for Little Catholics series

Last library sale I found a boatload of the larger Golden books, like

My Big Golden Counting Book
McCall's Giant Golden Make-It Book
The Golden Encyclopedia
Big Golden Book of Poetry
The Golden Geography
The Golden Dictionary

What I also enjoy is comparing the original editions to revised. Richard Scarry has several editions. There were several books illustrated by Eloise Wilkin that illustrations were redone to include more ethnicity. I picked up another copy of Birds by Jane Werner Watson and I think this is one that was changed.

Anyway, just wondering if anyone else has this sickness, er...likes Golden Books.


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Posted: Nov 05 2011 at 12:16pm | IP Logged Quote Donna Marie
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My Big Golden Counting Book

Oh my stars!!
This was my absolute favorite book when I was little...it was BIG and I loooved it...Wow....

I found a few sweet Christmas golden books. I pick up the nice ones at thrift and garages sales even if I don't need them because I know they will give out after awhile and I want everyone to enjoy them...not just the older kids! I need that "golden" repair tape...

yeah, I have really caught the fever too...


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Posted: Nov 05 2011 at 8:10pm | IP Logged Quote Kathryn
*****LOVE**** Golden Books!

I didn't start collecting them until baby # 3 and I've been buying them as gifts too.

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Posted: Nov 07 2011 at 12:13am | IP Logged Quote MaryM
I really loved the book and I enjoy reading old Golden Books when I find them. I haven't really collected them though. The history is just fascinating though. What the publishers of Golden Books did really impacted the availability of books for families with children is a big way, opening the way for the picture book industry we have now, I think. So yes, I love them, too.

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Posted: Nov 07 2011 at 5:14am | IP Logged Quote SeaStar
We have a big Golden bible.... my dc love to read through that. They also love Dr. Dan, Nurse Nancy, We Help Mommy/Daddy.... so many sweet books.

I keep hoping to find the Golden Geography at a sale



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Posted: Nov 07 2011 at 8:03pm | IP Logged Quote JennGM
Dad's The One With the Pipe -- cute post to Flickr pictures of picture books with Dad smoking a pipe. Of particular note is the We Help Daddy which we just love (illustrated by Eloise Wilkin) which had to be updated several times to remove the pipe.

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Posted: Nov 08 2011 at 3:39pm | IP Logged Quote Kathryn
Chick Fil A is doing A Little Golden Book with the kid's meals now.   

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Posted: Nov 08 2011 at 3:44pm | IP Logged Quote Kathryn
Chick Fil A even has a 20% discount code. The link below is Chick Fil A but to get code you then go to a Random House site. Not sure if it's worth it but thought I'd pass it on.

Chick Fil A Golden Book Meal Info

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Dad's The One With the Pipe -- cute post to Flickr pictures of picture books with Dad smoking a pipe. Of particular note is the We Help Daddy which we just love (illustrated by Eloise Wilkin) which had to be updated several times to remove the pipe.


This is hysterical, Jenn. I looked at the flicker pictures...Dad!!! A pipe in every one. I have to go check my We Help Daddy book. I don't think he's a rampant smoker in my edition, but I just have to know

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Dad's The One With the Pipe -- cute post to Flickr pictures of picture books with Dad smoking a pipe. Of particular note is the We Help Daddy which we just love (illustrated by Eloise Wilkin) which had to be updated several times to remove the pipe.


This is hysterical, Jenn. I looked at the flicker pictures...Dad!!! A pipe in every one. I have to go check my We Help Daddy book. I don't think he's a rampant smoker in my edition, but I just have to know


He is in mine -- every page. I think that's one of things that made it so endearing to me when I first thumbed through the pages.

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Posted: Nov 08 2011 at 10:51pm | IP Logged Quote guitarnan
My favorite Golden Book...Nurse Nancy! (Who can resist a book with her name in the title, I ask you?)

My copy (bought when I was 4) came with three very special Band-Aids inside, not plain ones but decorated ones (one had diamond shapes on it, as I recall) - this was way before Sponge Bob and Hello Kitty Band-Aids, so there was no way I was every going to use those special items on a real, bleeding wound!

I've seen this book in print recently but don't recall seeing Band-Aids attached to the inside front cover.

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Posted: Nov 08 2011 at 11:43pm | IP Logged Quote MaryM
SeaStar wrote:
JennGM wrote:
Dad's The One With the Pipe -- cute post to Flickr pictures of picture books with Dad smoking a pipe. Of particular note is the We Help Daddy which we just love (illustrated by Eloise Wilkin) which had to be updated several times to remove the pipe.


This is hysterical, Jenn. I looked at the flicker pictures...Dad!!! A pipe in every one.



I very much enjoyed those flickr images - so funny. I love old picture book illustrations adn the way they convey a feel for the times. And I love the whole idea of finding a "theme" - like dad smoking a pipe, and looking for it in picture books.

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