Do you remember any of these? https://t.co/iJ4FUyHhAs
— Book Riot (@BookRiot) August 24, 2021
** the early 1940s, the average children’s book cost between $2 and $3, which would be the equivalent of about $38 to $50 today
** Georges Duplaix approached Simon and Schuster with an idea: make children's books cheaper, colorful, and simple.
** Little Golden Books were a quarter! ($4.20 in 2021 money.)
** released a dozen titles in the fall of 1942
** The Poky Little Puppy would go on to be the best selling children's book of the 20th century
** Who was the first brand to enter in a partnership with Little Golden Books? You guessed it! Disney! (in 1944)
What is your favorite Little Golden Book? Mine is

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