Little Golden Book Collection: Careers

Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Many Little Golden Books explored the occupations thought of as essential to civil society— fireman, policeman, mailman—and encouraged children to observe, identify, and admire them. 
- Richard Scarry’s images of the two little miners highlighted and celebrated the life of the everyday working man. - AmericanHistory

  • Two Little Miners #66 (1949) Written by Margaret Wise Brown and Edith Thacher Hurd; Illustrated by Richard Scarry
    - First Edition 1949 Simon & Schuster - Wordpress -Ebay Preview


    • Some of the most famous Little Golden Books were early experiments in product placement. In addition to teaching basic safety tips to young children, the Doctor Dan and Nurse Nancy books included junior-size Johnson & Johnson Band- Aids.

     
    Nurse Nancy an Original Story ( Little Golden Book ) With all 6 band-aid adhesive bandages ( Johnson & Johnson) by Kathryn Jackson, with pictures by Corinne Malvern. Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1952 featuring colorful drawing of a boy and a girl ministering to a doll, with several dolls in their beds awaiting check-ups.

    Note from the Publishers: "Two years ago we published a book called Doctor Dan The Bandage Man, which contained six real band-air adhesive bandages. And in no time at all Doctor Dan was taken to heart by more than two million small readers. Soon, however, letters began pouring in, saying "How about Doctor Dan s small sister? She loves to play Nurse and Hospital!" So we went back to Johnson & Johnson and asked if they would be willing to cooperate with us on a book about Nurse Nancy. Johnson & Johnson not only seconded our motion, they made available to us for this book millions and millions of their new Band-Air Plastic Bandages Strips, Patches, and Spots. In helping us with this book, they asked that we point out that Band-Aid is Johnson & Johnson s trademark for its brand of plastic and cloth adhesive bandages, and for several other products in its line."


    1953 Nurse Nancy Golden Book
    Vintage Magazine Print Ad
    Band-Aid Plastic Strips Advertisement



    A Preview of ~ Pepper Plays Nurse ~ Little Golden Book #555 Story by Gina Ingoglia Weiner, pictures by John Fernie.

    Firemen - Etsy Golden Book Search

  • Fire Engines - #32 - The Little Golden Fire Engine Book (inside title) With pictures by Tibor Gergely c. 1951, 1959 Western Publishing Co., Q printing, 24 pages
  • Let's Visit the Fire Department Golden Book Barby and Glen Peterson, Golden Press, New York, 1974 - AbeBooks
  • Firemen and Fire Engines A Little Golden Stamp Book - Jane Goldsmith, Published by Golden Press, New York, 1959 - AbeBooks
  • Bonus: Sam The Firehouse Cat - Story and Pictures by Virginia Parsons, c. 1968 Western Publishing, 4th Printing 1976, 24 pages

    • More Job Related Books:

  • Seven Little Postmen #134 by Margaret Wise Brown and Edith Thatcher Hurd - Pictures by Tibor Gergely - c. 1952 Western Publishing Co - 1962 edit (#504) 4th Printing, 1971
  • Mr. Puffer-Bill Train Engineer # 563 by Leone Arlandson - Pictures by Tibor Gergely -1965 Golden Press- A Printing, 24 pages
  • The Taxi that Hurried
  • The Little Fat Policeman
  • My Daddy is a Policeman #223 - by Miss Francis (Dr. Francis Horwich) - Illustrated by Helen Prickett - c. 1956 Rand McNally & Company - 1st edition, 28 pages
  • The Happy Dump Truck Man
  • The Merry Shipwreck #170 (1953)


    • Trains

  • The Train to Timbuctoo #118 (1951)
  • The Little Red Caboose
  • The Little Engine That Could #548 (1954)
  • Christopher and the Columbus #103 (Ferry Boat) - by Kathryn and Byron Jackson - Pictures by Tibor Gergely - c. 1951 Simon and Schuster 1st edition, B printing, 28 pages
  • Airplanes #373 by Ruth Mabee Lachman - Pictures by Steele Savage - c. 1959 (illust.) c. 1953 (Text) Golden Press, A printing, (2nd ilustrator) 24 pages
  • Boats


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