Ownership and control of the series have changed several times since today, Penguin Random House is its current publisher.ĭespite changes in detail, the Little Golden Books maintain a distinctive appearance.

The series started with publishing firm Simon & Schuster Western Printing and Lithographing Company in Racine, Wisconsin was Simon & Schuster's partner in the Little Golden Books venture, with Western handling print operations. The line has also published occasional biographies examples include Betty White, Dolly Parton and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Hopalong Cassidy, Cheyenne, Lassie, Rin Tin Tin, Captain Kangaroo, Mister Rogers, and Donny and Marie Osmond have appeared in Little Golden Books.

Film, television, and movie properties have been particularly popular source material. Some Little Golden Books and related products have featured popular characters from other media, such as Cartoon Network, Disney, Looney Tunes, The Muppets, Sesame Street, Sonic the Hedgehog, Barbie, Power Rangers, Thomas the Tank Engine, and others. Christmas titles are published every year. Many books in the Little Golden Books series deal with nature, science, Bible stories, nursery rhymes, and fairy tales. Several of its illustrators later became influential within the children's book industry, including Corinne Malvern, Tibor Gergely, Gustaf Tenggren, Feodor Rojankovsky, Richard Scarry, Eloise Wilkin, and Garth Williams. Many other Little Golden Books have become bestsellers, including Tootle, Scuffy the Tugboat, The Little Red Hen, and Doctor Dan the Bandage Man. The Poky Little Puppy, the eighth release in the series, is the top-selling children's book of all time in the United States. Little Golden Books is an American series of children's books, published since 1942.

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