Little Golden Book Classics: "Three Best-Loved Tales" Series

This classic collection brings back some of the finest Little Golden Books ever published. Little Golden Book Classics "Three Best-Loved Tales" series featuring these 7 Author/Illustrators... Eloise Wilkin, Gustaf Tenggren, Tibor Gergely, Garth Williams, Feodor Rojankovsky and author Margaret Wise Brown. Publisher: Goldencraft and Published by Random House Children's Books (1992 unless stated)

Little Golden Book Classics featuring ...

Eloise Wilkin (Author/Illustrator) 73 pages (1992)

Three Best-Loved Tales: Play With Me by Esther Wilkin (1969) , So Big by Esther Wilkin (1968), The Boy With a Drum by David L. Harrison (1971)

Play With Me and So Big showcase beautiful babies and toddlers exploring their little worlds and learning familiar first games. The Boy With a Drum pairs rhythm-and-rhyme marching fun with the story of a very unusual parade.

Gustaf Tenggren (Illustrator)

Three Best-Loved Tales: Thumbelina by Hans Christian Andersen (1953), Tawny Scrawny Lion by Kathryn & Byron Jackson (1952), and The Poky Little Puppy by Janette Sebring Lowrey (1942)

Thumbelina, the classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, leads us into a wondrous, enchanted world where a tiny, beautiful girl is to be crowned Queen of the spirits of flowers. Tawny Scrawny Lion is the unforgettable tale of a very hungry lion-and the clever little rabbit who teaches him the joys of carrot stew. The Poky Little Puppy has delighted generations of children with the rollicking story of five little puppies who venture out in the wide, wide world and the misadventures of one little puppy who insists on lagging behind.

Gustaf Tenggren Volume #2 (Illustrator) (1993)

Three Best-Loved Tales: The Shy Little Kitten by Cathleen Schurr (1946) , The Lion's Paw by by Jane Werner Watson (1959), and The Saggy Baggy Elephant by Kathryn & Byron Jackson (1947)

The Sky Little Kitten is the delightful story of a roly-poly striped kitten who-in spite of being very, very shy - has a big adventure one day all on her own. In the charming fable entitled The Lion's Paw, a jungle lion steps on a thorn. Who is brave enough to pull the thorn from the lion's paw? Luckily for the lion, one animal is just brave enough. In the wonderful story of The Saggy Baggy Elephant, a young elephant named Sookie is teased and tormented with the terrible nickname of Saggy Baggy by the other jungle animals. But life becomes a joy for Sookie when he finds his own kind at last and learns to dance through the jungle with a one-two-three kick!

Margaret Wise Brown (Author) 72 pages

Three Best-Loved Tales: Mister Dog illustrated by Garth Williams (1952), The Color Kittens illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen (1949), and Seven Little Postmen #134 illustrated by Tibor Gergely and Author Edith Thatcher Hurd (1952) *All three were written by Margaret Wise Brown

Crispin's Crispian is Mister Dog-a remarkable animal who invites a lucky little boy to share his wonderful home. This unforgettable tale features lively illustrations by famed children's book artist Garth Williams. The Color Kittens is the frolicking tale of Hush and Brush, two very artistic kittens. Illustrations by Martin and Alice Provensen create a fanciful and brilliantly colored world. The rhyming fun of Seven Little Postmen follows the journey of a boy's letter to his grandmother-with richly detailed scenes by renowned artist Tibor Gergely.

Tibor Gergely (Illustrator)

Three Best-Loved Tales: Tootle by Gertrude Crampton (1945), The Happy Man and His Dump Truck written by Miryam (1950), Scuffy the Tugboat by Gertrude Crampton (1955)

Tootle takes us to the land of Lower Trainswitch, where a spirited little engine would rather frolic in a green meadow than learn how to "Stay on the Rails No Matter What!" The Happy Man and His Dump Truck is the jolly story of a friendly man who can't resist giving a gang of his animal pals an all-around, up-and-down ride across the countryside in his green dump truck. A feisty little toy tugboat named Scufty sails off on a wild, wondrous voyage down the river in the tale of Scuffy the Tugboat.

Garth Williams (Illustrator)

Three Best-Loved Tales: My First Counting Book #445 by Lilian Moore (1956), The Kitten Who Thought He Was A Mouse by Miriam Norton (1951) and Home For A Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown (1956)

The Kitten Who Thought He Was a Mouse is the sweet, endearing tale of a confused kitten named Mickey and the kind mouse family that adopts him. My First Counting Book unleashes a parade of frolicking kittens, puppies, horses, and other favorite animals - all to be carefully counted. Home for a Bunny, by Margaret Wise Brown, leads us into woodlands that are waking to a new spring and the story of a bunny searching for a home of his own.

Feodor Rojankovsky (Illustrator) 80 pages

Three Best-Loved Tales: The Three Bears#47 by Feodor Rojankovsky (1948); The Cow Went Over the Mountain #516 by Jeanette Krinsley (1963); Hop, Little Kangaroo! #558 by Patricia Scarry (1965)

Rojankovsky's The Three Bears takes us to a wondrous, enchanted forest where a bold and impish Goldilocks invades the house of three well-meaning bears. In a charming tale entitled The Cow Went Over the Mountain, a curious calf and her friends set out to discover once and for all if the grass is munchier and the bugs much crunchier on the other side of the mountain. Hop, Little Kangaroo! introduces a cast of exotic creatures reveling in the Australian outback.




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