Books from the "Golden Books Family Storytime" series in numerical order per assorted back cover listings for these books.
Welcome to Golden Books Family Storytime
We at Golden Books are happy that you selected a Family Storytime book to share with your child.
Family Storytime is a critically acclaimed line of hardcover read-along storybooks with jackets. Each title features eye-catching design, quality editorial content, and vivid illustrations -- all at a great price of $9.95!These terrific original stories by contemporary authors, along with redesigned classics, await discovery by a new generation of children, and will make storytime the best part of the day!
No. 1 MY BIG DOG (1999)
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Written by Janet Stevens, and her sister Susan Stevens Crummel
- Merl the cat’s pampered life is turned upside down when a golden retriever puppy moves into the house. With hilarious illustrations by Caldecott Honor winner Janet Stevens, My Big Dog is perfect for story time!
No. 2 THE HAPPY MAN AND HIS DUMP TRUCK
Story by Miryam Yardumian, Illustrated by Tibor Gergely
- The Golden Books® classic about the happy man who brings joy to a group of animals when he takes them for a ride in his dump truck.
No. 3 A BLESSING FROM ABOVE (1998)
by Patti Henderson (Author) Liz Edge (Illustrator)
A beautiful story about adoption - and how each child is a blessing.
- Every night before she goes to sleep, a kangaroo prays under the stars for a baby to love and hold. One day, as she rests under a tree, a baby bird falls out of its crowded nest-- plop!-- right into her pouch! "Now, every night before they fall asleep, Momma-Roo and Little One thank God for all their blessings . . . but especially for each other
No. 4 THE TRAIN TO TIMBUCTOO (1998)
by Margaret Wise Brown, Illustrated by Art Seiden
- The train leaves Kalamazoo bound for Timbuctoo. Read about the journey. It goes through the tunnel and over the bridge. The little train follows the big train on a different track. Finally they reach Timbuctoo.
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No. 5 THE BOUNCY BABY BUNNY (1998)
by Joan Chase Bowden (Author), Patience Brewster (Illustrator)
- A baby bunny's boundless energy is a problem to his family and friends until his bouncing rids the rabbit hole of an unwelcome visitor.
No. 6 THE KITTEN WHO THOUGHT HE WAS A MOUSE (1982)
- When a family of mice finds a helpless, homeless, newborn kitten, they decide to adopt him, name him Mickey, and raise him as one of their own . . . never telling him that he’s actually a cat!
No. 7 BIG AND LITTLE ON THE FARM (1999)
by Dorothy Donohue (Author/Illustrator)
- Children learn the names of adult and baby animals on the farm. Artwork created by artist using handmade paper cut into shapes of animals and letters.
No. 8 TRACTOR MAC (1999)
by Billy Steers (Author, Illustrator)
- Sibley the Workhorse has to find a way to co-exist with a shiny new tractor that moves
No. 9 ALL THE WAY TO GOD (1999)
Authors: Katie and Michael J. Giuliano, Illustrators: The Giuliano Children
- A father and daughter's expressions of love escalate as they play a verbal game trying to outdo one another with increasingly deceptive metaphors. The daughter has the last word as she proclaims she loves her father "all the way to God."
No. 10 THE TAXI THAT HURRIED (1999)
Authors Lucy Sprague Mitchell, Irma Simonton Black, Jessie Stanton. Illustrated byTibor Gergely
- A speedy taxi and its driver, Bill, rush to get a mother and child to the train station.
No. 11 Noah's Aardvark (1999)
Mary Jane Auch
- When an aardvark loses his spot to get on Noah's Ark, he tries a variety of silly disguises to sneak his way on board. Color illustrations throughout.
No. 12 LITTLE BOY WITH A BIG HORN (1999)
by Jack Bechdolt (Author), Aurelius Battaglia (Illustrator)
- The story follows Ollie, a young boy who loves playing his big bass horn but only knows one tune and doesn't play it well. When his family and neighbors can't tolerate the noise, he takes his practicing out to sea in a rowboat, where his music-making helps save a ship caught in a dense fog.
No. 13 "SNOW" (2000)
by Nancy E. Wallace (Author, Illustrator)
The book is dedicated "To Peter, who supplies the love".
- Synopsis: Now grown, a rabbit reminisces about the magic and warmth of the times when he, his brother, and his mother frolicked in the first snowfall of the year.
- Publisher Note: "The illustrations in the book were created using cut origami paper and found paper, such as envelopes and bags, with shapes cut using Scherenschnitte scissors and pasted with a glue stick."
The copyright dates are 1999 and 1995, and the ISBN is 0-307-10228-9. - Amazon Read Sample
No. 14 PANTALOON
by Kathryn Jackson (Author), Leonard Weisgard (Illustrator)
- Pantaloon the poodle would do anything to get a job as the baker's assistant, but the baker is afraid that Pantaloon will eat more than he bakes, until an accident gives Pantaloon his chance.
More Family Storytime Books
Lucky Mrs. Ticklefeather (2000)
by Dorothy Kunhardt
- Mrs. Ticklefeather is happy living with her pet puffin Paul on the top floor of a very high building, until Paul disappears one morning.
Pig's Eggs (2000)
by Elizabeth Partridge (Author)- Pig and Hen love painting pictures. One day, Hen doesn't join Pig because she is sitting on her eggs. Pig hopes they will hatch soon because he misses his painting partner. One day, he gets a colorful idea ...
Goldilocks and The Three Bears (2000)
by Margery Cuyler (Author)- A little girl walking in the woods finds the house of the three bears and helps herself to their belongings.
The Forgetful Bears (2000)
by Larry Weinberg (Authur) Randy Cecil (Illustrator)- When the Forgetful Bear family decides to go on a picnic, they forget the food, the car, their grandfather, and their own names, but they have a good time anyway.
Mr. K and Yudi (2001)
by Karen Stanton (Authur)- Mr. K and his dog, Yudi, are the best of friends. It's a comfortable, happy life, until one day Mr. K disappears and Yudi must set off alone to find his best friend.
The Big Brown Bear (2001)
Georges Duplaix (Author)- The big brown bear has some trouble with a swarm of bees.
The Color Kittens (2000)
Margaret Wise Brown (Author) Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen (Illustrators)
- Once there were two color kittens with green eyes, Brush and Hush . . . So goes the rollicking tale of two pouncy kittens who make all the colors in the world.
The Sailor Dog (2000)
by Margaret Wise Brown (Author), Garth Williams (Illustrator)- Scuppers is a dog born at sea in the teeth of a gale, and not even a shipwreck can dampen his ardor for a seaman's life, in a reissue of a tale first published in 1953.
The Twins (2001)
byb John Wallace View/Read on TikTok- Twins Lil and Nelly, who are total opposites in their likes and dislikes, get a surprise when Nelly secretly makes some additions to Lil's school writing project.
Never Talk to Strangers (2000)
by Irma Joyce (Author), S.D. Schindler (Illustrator)
- "If you are hanging from a trapeze And up sneaks a camel with bony knees, Remember this rule, if you please-- Never talk to strangers."
Metro Cat (2001)
Marsha Diane Arnold (Author)- Pampered Sophie LeBeque, the cover cat for Fancy Cat magazine, finds herself in trouble when her cage flies out of the limousine--right into the middle of Metro's morning rush hour!
Tractor Mac Learns to Fly (2000)
by Billy Steers- Tractor Mac is back in this delightful sequel. After seeing a plane flying through the sky, Mac the tractor decides that he wants to fly.
Other Family Storytime Books
Godiva (2001)
by Lynn Cullen (Author), Kathryn Hewitt (Illustrator)
- With only her long hair as a cloak, Lady Godiva takes her heroic ride through the English village of Coventry in exchange for her husband's promise to lower the people's taxes.
Cackle Cook's Monster Stew (2001)
by Patricia Rae Wolff and illustrated by S.D. Schindler.
- Although Cackle Cook's pet monster hates gathering the ingredients, from ape hair to zombie clump, for her world-famous monster stew, he loves to eat it.
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