The Poky Little Puppy and Friends The Nine Classic Little Golden Books [Hardcover]

The best-loved Little Golden Books come together in a deluxe volume that’s perfect for gift giving.
 
Little Golden Books have been delighting families for over 75 years! And this collection of nine classic Little Golden Books includes the line’s most popular stories ever: The Poky Little Puppy, The Shy Little Kitten, Tawny Scrawny Lion, The Saggy Baggy Elephant, Tootle, The Little Red Hen, The Color Kittens, The Little Red Caboose,andScuffy the Tugboat.Breathtaking illustrations and that legendary gleaming gold foil spine make this lush book a gift to cherish.MARGARET WISE BROWN, best known as the author ofGoodnight Moon,wrote many bestselling Golden Books, includingThe Golden Egg Book, Home for a Bunny,andThe Color Kittens.

JANETTE SEBRING LOWREY, author ofThe Poky Little Puppy—the bestselling picture book of all time—wrote mostly teen fiction during the 1940s and 1950s.

KATHRYN JACKSON penned hundreds of lively, witty stories for Golden Books, includingTawny Scrawny LionandNurse Nancy.She wroteThe Saggy Baggy Elephantwith her husband, Byron.
 
Caldecott Medalists ALICE AND MARTIN PROVENSEN began to illustrate books together in the mid-1940s, many of them for Golden Books, includingThe Fuzzy DucklingandThe Color Kittens.

Before Swedish émigré artist GUSTAF TENGGREN created several of Golden Books’ most popular characters, he worked for the Walt Disney Studio, painting concept artwork forSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Old Mill, Pinocchio, Fantasia,andBambi.

J. P. MILLER worked alongside Tenggren at the Walt Disney Studio, and is largely credited for animating the characters Dopey, Geppetto, and Dumbo. He illustrated many Golden Books, includingLittle Bunny Follows His NoseandThe Sweet Smell of Christmas.

Hungarian émigré artist TIBlӸ