Do you remember The Little Golden Books? Did you or your children have a favorite?
We had one special one that we could recite over and over.
I found it for sale.
In 1973 it was 69 cents and it along with a few other story books were gifts for our oldest daughter's 1st Birthday. (Gifts from Snuffer...our much loved dog)
Far Guy and I read that book over and over on our trip home on leave from Lowry AFB and then again on the long trip to Mac Dill AFB in the Summer of 1973.
As Trica got older and was able to turn the pages she would turn them as you recited the book and would make you go back and say it right if you messed up.
Anyways...I have a copy of the book...in todays prices the book would be valued at $5.50 well it is kinda rare...so I payed a tad bit more than that for it.
"Wake up baby this is your special day"
Far Side
A sweet book! I loved, Ferdinand…the lonely bull…I found a newer version of it and bought several.
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Donna
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Made in Heaven
LOVED those books. I still have one that is older (1979) that I cannot part with because it is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteThe Boy With a Drum starts, "There once was a boy with a little toy drum - - Rat-a-tat-tat-a-tat Rum-a-tum-tum. One day he went marching And played on his drum - Rat-a-tat-tat-a-tat Rum-a-tum-tum."
- - The summary is that he was joined by various animals on his march until they had a LONG line of them. Such a fun book because of the words being almost musical as you say them. Of course, we had to pretend we were playing a drum or use the Fisher Price drum.
THANKS for the Golden Book Memory - - takes me back to reading them to our girls, too.
I loved the Golden books and the Dick and Jane ones too. The illustrations are calming and the new book pictures are stimulating. Everything for children today encourages movement. Children are innately active and reading time is a time of focus. We make learning to read harder for them.
ReplyDeleteoh yes. I remember the golden . books. I have several that are packed away. I need to get them out. how funny that she would make you all start over . love it!!
ReplyDeleteI've had this experience . With us it was Curious George. They have heaRD THE STORY SO many times they have it memorized.
ReplyDeleteOur family's book was "The Best Nest". Mandy made sure to buy that book the day she found out she was pregnant with Piper. Two copies. One for their house and one for ours because Grandpa and Grandma Queen read it to her constantly. Then when Jamie & Alex's family's first child was expected, she bought them copies. They knew every. single. word. And don't ever try to skip a page. They would know. Thanks for the memories.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, Dennis was at Lowry in 1974.
Blessings and hugs,
Betsy
Our favorite one was Charlie... an orange stripey cat!! Didn't discover "Bettina the ballerina " till the kids were grown!! It was a delight to find one with my name!!
ReplyDeleteI loved Golden Books and we had many as children. Sadly, I don’t know what my mother did with them. Was the story of Pippi Longstocking a Golden Book? It was one of my favorites as a child. My mother also had us signed up many years for a subscription of Highlights which I loved. RHill, TX
ReplyDeleteMy children and grands loved the Little Golden Books too, I'm pretty sure my daughter has quite a good collection of them for her grands.
ReplyDeleteSweet memories! I hung onto a couple favorite childhood books.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, Golden books were well loved and somewhere they still exist in a box under the laundry room.
ReplyDeleteYes! My favorite was The Little Engine That Could
ReplyDeleteI had a LOT of these books as a kid, and collected a lot more when my own girls were little. Jerilyn's favorite one - Panda Bear's Paintbox, and we read it over and over and over again - until her baby sister threw up on it one day. A few years ago we found it online. I gave it to her for her 40th birthday.
ReplyDeleteWe had many of them but this wasn't one of them. Sweet memories.
ReplyDeleteLD...I saved all the Golden Books from my parents, which were my books, I moved them to the new place. Maybe my boys can put them up for sale.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I have ever seen that one but we did have some much loved Little Golden Books.
ReplyDeleteOur favorite Little Golden Book was Mrs. Hen Goes to Market. I could read it so Andee and Lynn would laugh out loud, especially the part where Mrs. Hen’s pocketbook landed with a plop in her backyard. 😂
ReplyDeleteOh yeah I remember Golden Books loved them
ReplyDeleteI have many memories of Golden Books - they were published near where I lived when we were first married. I think my favorite was "Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel"!
ReplyDeleteMy children loved those books too and I still have a few along with jack and jill magazines that came in the mail when I was around seven or eight!
ReplyDeleteI have lots of my children's books and my own children's books I just can't part with - the memories!
ReplyDeleteI've been looking for Baby Dear.
ReplyDeleteI have some little golden books I adore. Little Black Sambo ( I thought the tiger turning to butter was how butter really was), Nurse, Nancy, Dr. Dan, and the one about the bunny who painted the snow. I can't remember it's name right now.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I don't remember the titles of the books I had and read as a child, I loved these little golden books and the lovely illustrations.
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