Little Golden Book Quiz

 This Little Golden Book quiz covers iconic, vintage, and new titles, highlighting the brand’s history since 1942. Test your knowledge on characters like the Poky Little Puppy, key publication details, and the evolution of these beloved, gold-foiled children's stories.

 

I wanted to share this little Golden Book quiz posted on a blog a long time ago. I Finally rediscovered who the original creator was and I asked Lorna Seilstad over on Inspirational Messages if I could borrow this one.

Grab a sheet of paper and write down your answers. You can check them because the answers are at the end and let us know how you did. Note: She has graciously agreed and to let me update it a bit.

 

1. In what year did Little Golden Books first hit the shelves?
a.) 1936
b.) 1942
c.) 1950div>

2. Who published Little Golden Books orginally?
a.) Simon & Schuster
b.) Scholastic
c.) Penquin
d.) Random House

3. Which of the following books were one of the original twelve titles released?
a.) The Poky Little Puppy
b.) Old Mc Donald's Farm
c.) The Three Bears d.)

4. How much did Little Golden Books originally cost?
a.) 25 cents
b.) 50 cents
c.) $1.00

5. Which Little Golden Book came with a bandage glued to the right side of the title page?
a.) The Good Samaritan
b.) Nurse Betty and the Hospital Visit
c.) Dr. Dan, The Bandage Man

6. In the 1950's, many top-selling Little Golden Books centered around what topic?
a.) The space program
b.) Popular television shows
c.) Disney characters

7. In what year was a permanent exhibit created for Little Golden Books at the Smithsonian?
a.) 1982
b.) 1992
c.) 2002

8. Which Little Golden book has become controversial and is also one of the most valuable to collectors?
a.) The Tawny Scrawny Lion
b.) My Little Golden Book About God
c.) Little Black Sambo

9. How can you tell if your Little Golden Book is a valuable first edition? a.) A letter "A" at the end of the string of letters on the books first two pages
b.) A Roman numeral on the title page shows the printing date
c.) The letter "R" appears on the back of cover

10. A vintage colourtone copy of Little Golden Book's Madeline is for sale on E-bay right now for how much?
a.) $79
b.) $125
c.) $228

Bonus: Fun Facts

Quiz Fun, A Giant Little Golden Book was published in 1959.
Animal Quiz Book was a popular 1983 edition by Edith T. Kunhardt.

     

Title: Animal Quiz Book  Series: A Little Golden Book
Author: Edith T. Kunhardt  Illustrator: Kelly Oechski
Publication Years: 1960 / 1983  Number of Pages: 24 Pages
Publisher: Golden Books / Random House Children's Books
Content: Presents miscellaneous facts about animals in a question and answer format.

Answers:

1. Little Golden Books were first sold in 1942 (b) in department stores.
2. Simon & Schuster (a) , along with Western Printing, published the titles. In just five short months, they'd sold 1.5 million copies.
3. One of the original 12 titles was The Poky Little Puppy (a). Today nearly 15 million copies of the book have been sold.
4. Little Golden Books originally cost just 25 cents (a). This was a great bargain for families as most children's books were $2 to $3 at the time. Today, a little Golden Book costs $2.99.
5. Dr. Dan, The Bandage man (c) came with the Johnson & Johnson Band-aid glued on the title page. It's first printing was 1.75 million—the largest first printing of any Little Golden Book up to 1951.
6. In the mid-1950's, Little Golden Books centered around children's television shows (b) like "The Roy Rogers Show, Howdy Doody, The Lone Rangers, and Captain Kangaroo.)
7. Little Golden Books received a permanent exhibit at the Smithsonian in 1992 (b). It was the year of their "golden" anniversary—50 years!
8. The most controversial Little Golden Books was Little Black Sambo. I had a copy of it as a child and it was one of my favorites. However, the word "sambo" is considered a racial slur in some countries and the book has been one of the most controversial books in existence. In 2004, Little Golden Books released a new version titled The Boy and the Tigers. The boy in it is called Little Ranjani. Today, a first edition regularly brings values of $150 or more.
9. You can often tell if your Little Golden Book is a first edition by checking the first two pages for a series of letters. If that series ends in "A", it's a first edition, a "B" it's a second, and so on. In 1991, they began using Roman numerals.
10. The copy of Madeleine on E-bay is listed at $228 and you can buy it now!

QUIZ FUN - 100's Of Questions & Answers

Written by Horace Elmo and Nancy Fielding Hulick. Illustrated by Tibor Gergely
A Giant Little Golden Book. 55 pages, Hardcover. Published January 1, 1957 Golden Press. - Ebay - Etsy

 

1959  QUIZ FUN Giant Little Golden Book 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/283992962771

https://www.ebay.com/itm/295374491331

Animal Quiz Book
by Edith T. Kunhardt and Edith Kunhardt
https://openlibrary.org/works/OL9383395W/Animal_Quiz_Book

Animal Quiz Book #309-50 Vintage 1983
https://www.ebay.com/itm/277701184734

Marlin Perkins' wild kingdom: a can-you-guess? book

by Esta Meier    First published in 1977

https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24959445M/Marlin_Perkins'_wild_kingdom#details

Riddles Riddles from A to Z

 

1959  QUIZ FUN Giant Little Golden Book 

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What Am I? A Picture Quiz Book (1973 Little Golden Book #58)

1965 Question & Answer Adventures Book (A Golden Book) by Horace Elmo. Publisher
Golden Press - Ebay

Also check out ... 10 Things You Didn't Know About little Golden Books

Did You Also Know: Courtesy of TvTropes

• Kids' Meal Toy:
  • In 1982, McDonald's released a set of five Little Golden Books in their Happy Meals; The Monster at the End of This Book, The Poky Little Puppy, Tom and Jerry's Party, Benji: Fastest Dog in the West, and The Country Mouse and the City Mouse. The Happy Meal box for the promotion could be saved and used as a holder for the books, and part of it could be cut out and used as a bookmark.
  • In 1987, Hardee's sold a set of four Little Little Golden Books, which were pocket-sized versions of Little Golden Books, in their Children's Meals. These consisted of Little Red Riding Hood, The Poky Little Puppy, The Three Little Pigs, and The Little Red Hen.
  • In 1991, Chick-Fil-A released a set of seven Golden Books in their Kids' Meals. These consisted of Jack and the Beanstalk, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Princess and the Pea, The Owl and the Pussycat, The Nutcracker, Chicken Little, and Rumpelstiltskin.
  • In 1996, Chick-Fil-A released another set of Golden Books, this one having eight different stories; The Ugly Duckling, Eloise Wilkin's Mother Goose, Theodore Mouse Goes to Sea, Tootle, Scuffy the Tugboat, Little Cottontail, Four Puppies, and Four Little Kittens.
• Long-Running Book Series: The series has well over a hundred books and has been published regularly since 1942.

 

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