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The arrangement called for Western to continue to create and manufacture Golden Books which Pocket Books would promote, sell, and distribute. By 1959, over 150 Little Golden Book titles had sold at least a million copies, and more than 400 of the 1,000-plus Golden Book titles were in print in thirteen languages. [5]
Edited by Herbert Zim and Vera Webster, the books were written by experts in their field and illustrated with a simple straightforward style. Unlike the Golden Guides, the Field Guides went more in-depth, being more aimed at the high school/college level. They also had sturdier covers, obviously intending that they be used in the field.
Intended for primary and secondary school level readers, the first books were field guides illustrated by James Gordon Irving, with such titles as Birds (1949), Insects (1951), and Mammals (1955). The series later expanded beyond identification guides to cover a wider range of subjects, such as Geology (1972), Scuba Diving (1968) , and Indian ...
The usage of the title Golden Book includes: Golden Books was the children's book imprint of Western Publishing, later Golden Books Publishing and now Random House/Penguin Random House; Little Golden Books and Giant Golden Books children's series; Golden Book Encyclopedia; The Golden Book Magazine, a magazine publishing short fiction that ran ...
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The Golden Book Encyclopedia is a set of children's encyclopedias published by Western Printing and Lithographing Company under the name Golden Press. [1] Advertised with circulars in newspapers , the encyclopedias were sent out in weekly or bi-weekly installments.
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In a review for the Sydney Morning Herald, Alan Stokes describes the book as "a nostalgic trip with wonderful illustrations", and observes "with the focus on pictures, Muldrow cannot explore the books in greater depth", particularly The Saggy Baggy Elephant, and states Muldrow's summary "belittles Saggy Baggy's positive contribution to the ...