Collecting little golden books a collectors identification and price guide

Collectibles for the Entire Family

The iconic, golden bordered board books are a familiar sight for most Americans as we've been clutching Little Golden Books in our chubby little hands since The marketing concept behind Little Golden Books was different as well. Instead of just being sold in bookstores, Little Golden Books were sold in grocery stores, train stations, five-and-dimes - places children and parents were likely to be shopping together. One and a half million books were sold in just five months. With an initial series of twelve titles each having a print run of 50, copies, the first Little Golden Books were priced at a very affordable 25 cents each. Each book consisted of 42 pages, with 28 pages printed in two-tone color and 14 in four-tone color, a tactic which helped the publisher save money. Three Little Kittens by Masha.