Get inspired by Little Golden Books.. read more details at WIKIPEDIA.. Thanks to Wikipedia: Little Golden Books From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Little Red Hen coverLittle Golden Books is a popular series of children's books. The first 12 titles were published on October 1, 1942: Three Little Kittens Bedtime Stories Mother Goose Prayers for Children The Little Red Hen Nursery Songs The Alphabet from A to Z The Poky Little Puppy The Golden Book of Fairy Tales Baby's Book of Objects The Animals of Farmer Jones This Little Piggy and Other Counting Rhymes As of 2005, 15 million copies of The Poky Little Puppy have been sold, including copies in various languages. The Little Golden Books, which initially sold for 25¢, were published by Simon and Schuster in cooperation with the Artist and Writers Guild, Inc. headed by Georges Duplaix. Duplaix had initially thought up the idea for the Little Golden Book series and fleshed it out in conversations with officials at Simon and Schuster. Dr. Mary Reed, a professor at the Teachers College of Columbia University, served as initial editor of the series. Western Printing and Lithographing Company in Racine, Wisconsin, was Simon and Schuster's partner in the Little Golden Books venture. Western handled the actual printing. In 1958, Simon and Schuster sold its interest in Little Golden Books to Western. Ownership and control of the series has changed several times since. In 2001, Random House acquired Golden Books for about 85 million dollars. Although the Little Golden Books have remained the backbone of the product line, the enterprise that produced the Little Golden Books has created a variety of children's books in various formats including records, tapes, videos, and even toys and games (the fourth and fifth as "Golden & Design"). Some titles have appeared in several different formats (including but not limited to "A Golden Book"). Many popular authors and illustrators have worked on Little Golden Books and related products including: Mary Blair Margaret Wise Brown Tibor Gergely Corinne Malvern Jim McDermott Alice Provensen and Martin Provensen Seymour Reit Patricia Scarry and Richard Scarry Bob Staake Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky Gustaf Tenggren Jane Werner Watson Eloise Wilkin Garth Williams Herbert Zim