The Little Golden Books collection of children’s books, originally published by Simon & Schuster in cooperation with the Artist and Writers Guild, will celebrate its 70th anniversary on October 1, 2012. Little Golden Books is a very popular collection of hardbound books for reading to infant babies, toddlers and older children, with the very first 12 titles of Little Golden Books published on October 1, 1942.

Starting a collection of Little Golden Books can be daunting, since some of the older Golden books are rare and very hard to find unless you’re able to find vintage Golden Books at garage sales, antique shops, flea markets, thrift book stores, online auction sites like eBay, Etsy shops or on Amazon. No collection of Little Golden Books would be complete without the endearing book called Tootle, written by author Gertrude Crampton, a children’s story about a little train that could do just about anything.

Many years ago, when my first child was a baby, I began making a list of new Golden Books for collecting over the years, with the hope to buy every Golden Book published to read to my children before and after they were born. Even though my kids are all grown up and on their own, the Disney Golden Books that were made into classic movies are still their favorites, and they still enjoy watching these adorable Disney movies as adults:

• 101 Dalmatians

• Aladdin

• Alice in Wonderland

• Bambi

• Beauty and the Beast

• Bolt

• Cars

• Chicken Little

• Cinderella

• Disney Classics

• Disney Princess

• Dumbo

• Finding Nemo

• G-Force

• Lady and the Tramp

• Lilo and Stitch

• Peter Pan

• Ratatouille

• Snow White

• Tangled

• The Fox and the Hound

• The Jungle Book

• The Lion King

• The Little Mermaid

• The Princess and the Frog

• Toy Story

• UP

• Wall-E

• Winnie the Pooh

My Golden Books collection is not complete because new Golden Book titled stories are published regularly and new stories are being released this year too, but I have managed to find quite a few rare and numbered Little Golden Books on Etsy, Amazon and eBay lot auctions or buy-it-now sales at deeply discounted prices from my continuously growing Golden Books list that I try to keep updated as much as possible.

The very first Little Golden Books titles published in 1942 included these 12 classic story books that parents and children of all ages love to read:

1. The Poky Little Puppy
2. Three Little Kittens
3. Bedtime Stories
4. The Alphabet A-Z
5. Mother Goose
6. Prayers for Children
7. The Little Red Hen
8. Nursery Songs
9. The Golden Book of Fairy Tales
10. Baby’s Book
11. The Animals of Farmer Jones
12. This Little Piggy

Over two billion copies of Little Golden Books have been sold since the first set were published, and are available in different languages. Little Golden Books used to cost just 25 cents back in the day, but the average price for each Little Golden book nowadays is usually in the range of two or three dollars per book. Some of the most popular and notable authors of Little Golden Books include writers like Patricia and Richard Scarry, Garth Williams, Mary Blair, Margaret Wise Brown, Jim McDermott, Bob Staake, Eloise Wilkin and many others.

On Amazon, Golden Books boxed sets offering a variety of titles can also be found at pretty inexpensive prices. Serious collectors of Little Golden Books should definitely add to their collection Steve Santi’s Warman’s Little Golden Books Identification and Price Guide to understand how to determine the value and condition of your prized Golden Books collection. If you search on Etsy for Little Golden Books, or on eBay for Little Golden Books Lot sales, you will find sets of new and old Golden book titles for sale at a much cheaper price than buying the books individually.

Publishers Weekly released a list of children’s best selling hardcover books in 1995 that featured five top Little Golden book titles that sold millions of copies each:

1. The Poky Little Puppy
2. Tootle
3. The Saggy Baggy Elephant
4. Scuffy the Tugboat
5. Pat the Bunny

In June of 2001, updated versions of some of the most popular vintage Little Golden Books were once again released:

1. Good Night, Little Bear by Richard Scarry
2. Animal Orchestra
3. The Little Red Hen
4. The Fire Engine Book
5. The Lion’s Paw
6. The Good Humor Man

Little Golden Books collectors have several new Golden Books to look forward to being released in 2011. The list of new Golden Books newly released and those soon to be released include these titles and release dates:

• Where Do Giggles Come From? – January 11, 2011

• SpongeBob SquarePants Top of the Class – January 11, 2011

• Tinker Bell – January 11, 2011

• The Merry Shipwreck – January 11, 2011

• Wonder Pets Over the Moon – January 11, 2011

• Barbie A Fairy Secret – January 11, 2011

• Our Flag – May 10, 2011

• Thomas and Friends – The Tank Engine Misty Island Rescue – May 10, 2011

• Make a Splash! (Ni Hao, Kai-lan) – May 10, 2011

• I’m a Monster Truck – May 10, 2011

• Hooting, Tooting Dinosaurs (Dinosaur Train) – May 10, 2011

• Dora and the Unicorn King (Dora the Explorer) – May 10, 2011

• Daddies – May 10, 2011

• Super Friends Big Heroes – May 10, 2011

• Cars 2 – May 17, 2011

• Tractor Trouble – August 9, 2011

• The Pet Problem (Toy Story) – August 9, 2011

• Barbie Princess Charm School – August 9, 2011

• How Do Penguins Play? – August 9, 2011

• Bamboozled (Dr. Seuss/Cat in the Hat) – August 9, 2011

• The Night Before Christmas – September 13, 2011

• The Little Christmas Elf – September 13, 2011

***My verrrrry long and extensive, complete Little Golden Books list of all the Golden Books available, rare and vintage Golden Books for big and little people who love to read and be read to (or book collectors wanting a complete list for collecting Little Golden Books) are as follows (Warning: It’s a verrry long list, pretty much in alphabetical order):

A-
101 Dalmatians
101 Dalmatians Rainbow Puppies
101 Dalmatians Snow Puppies
5 Pennies to Spend
A Book of God’s Gifts
A Child’s Garden of Verses
A Child’s Year
A Day in the Jungle
A Day on the Farm
A Day with my Dad
A Fox Jumped Up One Winter’s Night
A Frosty Day
A House for a Mouse
A New Home for Snowball
A Treasury of Little Golden Books – 30 Best Loved Stories
A Visit to the Children’s Zoo
ABC Rhymes
ABC is for Christmas
ABC Around the House
About the Seashore
Adventures of Goat
Airplanes
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland Meets the White Rabbit
Alice’s First Words
Alice in Wonderland
Aladdin
Aladdin, A Big Golden Book
Aladdin and His Magic Lamp
Aladdin the Magic Carpet Ride
Albert’s Zoo
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
All Aboard
All My Chickens
Alphabet From A to Z
Alvin’s Daydreams
Amanda’s First Day of School
Amazing Mumford Forgets the Magic Words
Anastasia
Animal Alphabet from A to Z
Animal Babies
Animal Counting Book
Animal Daddies and My Daddy
Animal Dictionary
Animal Friends
Animal Gym
Animal Homes
Animal Orchestra
Animal Paint Book
Animal Quiz Book
Animal Stamps
Animals ABC
Animaniacs
The Animals Merry Christmas
The Animals Christmas Eve
The Animals of Farmer Jones
Animals on the Farm
Annabelle’s Wish
Annie Oakley and the Rustlers
Annie Oakley Sharpshooter
Another Monster At the End Of This Book
Aren’t You Glad
The Aristocats
Arthur’s Good Manners

B-
Babes In Toyland
Baby Animals
Baby’s Birthday
Baby Brown Bear’s Big Bellyache
Baby’s Book
Baby’s Christmas
Baby Dear
Baby Farm Animals
Baby’s First Book
Baby Fozzie Visits the Doctor
Baby Listens
Baby Looks
Baby Sister
Baby’s Day Out
Baby’s First Christmas
Baby’s House
Baby’s Mother Goose
Bambi
Bambi Count to Five
Bambi Friends of the Forest
Bamm-Bamm with Pebbles Flintstone
Barbie
Barbie A Fairytale- Cinderella
Barbie A Fairytale- Rapunzel
Barbie A Happy Holiday
Barbie A Fashion Fairytale
Barbie A Picnic Surprise
Barbie Diamond Castle
Barbie Holiday Helpers
Barbie in a Mermaid’s Tale
Barbie Sleeping Beauty
Barbie The Nutcracker
Barbie and the Scavenger Hunt
Barbie The Special Sleepover
Barbie the Big Splash
Barbie In the Spotlight
Barbie Soccer Coach
Barbie Swan Lake
Barbie Thumbelina
Barney The Best Christmas Eve
Barney Catch That Hat!
Barney Sharing Is Caring
Barney
Batter Up!
Beach Day
Beany Goes to Sea
Bear in the Boat, The
Be Kind to Animals
The Bears’ New Baby
Bears’ Surprise Party
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast The Teapot’s Tale
Beauty and the Beast Enchanted Christmas
The Best Nickname
Bedknobs and BroomSticks
Bedtime Stories
Ben and Me
Benji Fastest Dog in the West
Berts’ Hall of Great Inventions
Best Friends
Best Balloon Ride Ever
Best Little Word Book Ever
Best of All, A Story About the Farm
Bettina the Ballerina
Between the Lions Bobby the Hopping Robot
Between the Lions Hopping Hens, Here
Between the Lions Mississippi Skip
Between the Lions Snowy Day
Bialosky’s Special Picnic
Bialosky and the Big Parade Mystery
The Big Little Golden Book of Planets
Bible Heroes
Bible Stories of Boys and Girls
Bible Stories From the Old Testament
The Big Enough Helper
The Biggest, Most Beautiful Christmas
Big Bird’s Baby Book
Big Bird Brings Spring To Sesame Street
Big Bird’s Ticklish Christmas
Big Bird’s Day on the Farm
Big Bird
Big Bird Meets Santa Claus
Big Bird’s Red Book
Big Bird Visits Navajo Country
The Big Brown Bear
The Big Elephant
Big Red
The Biggest, Most Beautiful Christmas Tree
Birds
Bird Stamps
Bird of All Kinds
Birds of a Feather
Biskitts in Double Trouble
The Black Cauldron, Taran Finds A Friend
The Black Hole, A Spaceship Adventure For Robots
A Blessing From Above
Blinky Bill’s Extraordinary Balloon Adventure
Blue Barry Bear Counts From 1 to 20
The Blue Book of Fairy Tales
Boats
Bob the Builder and the Hungry Bunnies
Bobby and His Airplane
Bobby the Dog
Bolt
Bongo
Boo and the Flying Flews
The Book of A
Book of B
The Book of C
The Book of D,E
The Book of F
The Book of G,H
The Book of I,J,K
The Book of L
The Book of M
The Book of N, O
The Book of P,Q
The Book of R
The First Book of S
The Second Book of S
The Book of T,U,V
The Book of W,X,Y,Z
The Bouncy Baby Bunny Finds His Bed
Bow Wow! Meow! A First Book of Sounds
The Boy and the Tigers
The Boy With a Drum
Bozo and the Hide ‘n’ Seek Elephant
Bozo Finds a Friend
Bozo the Clown
Brave Cowboy Bill
Brave Eagle
The Brave Little Tailor
Bravest of All
Broken Arrow
Brother Bear
Brownie Scouts
Buck Rogers and the Children Of Hopetown
Buffalo Bill Jr.
Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny Birthday
Bugs Bunny Calling
Bugs Bunny and the Indians
Bugs Bunny’s Carrot Machine
Bugs Bunny at the Easter Party
Bugs Bunny at the County Fair
Bugs Bunny and the Health Hog
Bugs Bunny Gets a Job
Bugs Bunny Marooned
Bugs Bunny Party Pest
Bugs Bunny and the Pink Flamingos
Bugs Bunny Pioneer
Bugs Bunny Pirate Island
Bugs Bunny Stowaway
Bugs Bunny Too Many Carrots
Bullwinkle
Bunnies’ ABC
The Bunny Book
The Bunny Hop
The Bunnies’ Counting Book
Bunny’s New Shoes
Bunny’s Magic Tricks
Busiest Fire Fighters Ever
Buster Bunny and the Best Friends Ever
Busy Feet
Busy Timmy
Buster Cat Goes Out
Butterfly Kisses
But You’re a Duck

C-
Cabbage Patch Kids Xavier’s Birthday Surprise
Captain Kangaroo
Captain Kangaroo and the Beaver
Captain Kangaroo and the Panda
Captain Kangaroo’s Surprise Party
Cars
Cars and Trucks
Cars Ghost Mater
Cars Look Out Mater
Cars Mater and the Ghost Light
Casper and Friends Boo-o’s on First
The Cat That Climbed The Christmas Tree
Cat In The Hat
The Cat Who Stamped His Feet
Cats
Cave Kids
Charlie
Charlie’s “Be Kind” Day
Charmin’ Chatty
Chelli and the Great Sandbox Adventure
Chelli Tells The Truth
Cheltenham’s Party
Cheyenne
Chicken Little
Chipmunk’s ABC
Chip ‘n’ Dale at the Zoo
Chip ‘n’ Dale Rescue Rangers
Chip ‘n’ Dale Rescue Rangers The Big Cheese Caper
Chip, Chip
Chipmunk’s ABC
The Chipmunk’s Merry Christmas
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
The Christmas Bunny
Christmas Carols
The Christmas Donkey
Christmas in the Country
The Christmas Story
The Christmas Tree That Grew
Christopher and the Columbus
Cinderella
Cindy Bear
The Circus ABC
Circus Boy
The Circus is in Town
Circus Time
Cleo
The Color Kittens
The Colorful Mouse
Colors
Colors are Nice
Come Play House
Cookie Monster and the Cookie Tree
Corky
Corky’s Hiccups
Count All the Way to Sesame Street
Count to Ten
Counting Book
Counting Rhymes
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse
The Cow and the Elephant
The Cow Went Over The Mountain
Cowboy ABC
Cowboy Mickey
The Curious Little Kitten Around the House

D-
Daddies
Daddies All About the Work They Do
Daisy Dog’s Wake-Up Book
Dale Evans and the Coyote
Dale Evans and the Lost Gold Mine
Daniel Boone
David and Goliath
Daniel in the Lion’s Den
Danny Beaver’s Secret
Darkwing Duck The Silly Canine Caper
Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier
Davy Crockett’s Keelboat Race
A Day at the Beach
A Day at the Playground
A Day at the Zoo
A Day in the Jungle
A Day on the Farm
The Day Snuffy Had the Sniffles
The Deep Blue Sea
Detective Mickey Mouse
Dennis the Menace A Quiet Afternoon
Dennis the Menace and Ruff
Dennis the Menace Waits for Santa Claus
Detective Mickey Mouse
Dick Tracy
Dinosaurs
Disneyland on the Air
Disneyland Parade with Donald Duck
Doctor Dan at the Circus
Doctor Dan The Bandage Man
Doctor Squash the Doll Doctor
Dogs
Donald Duck’s Adventure
Donald Duck and Santa Claus
Donald Duck and the Big Dog
Donald Duck and the Biggest Dog In Town
Donald Duck and the Christmas Carol
Donald Duck and the Mouseketeers
Donald Duck in America On Parade
Donald Duck in Disneyland
Donald Duck Lost and Found
Donald Duck Instant Millionaire
Donald Duck Private Eye
Donald Duck Prize Driver
Donald Duck Some Ducks Have All the Luck
Donald Duck and the One Bear A Turn-About Tale
Donald Duck The Witch Next Door
Donald Duck’s Christmas Tree
Donald Duck’s Safety Book
Donald Duck’s Toy Sailboat
Donald Duck’s Toy Train
Duck and His Friends
Duck Tales The Secret City Under the Sea
Duck Tales The Hunt for the Giant Pearl
Dumbo

E-
Elephant On Wheels
Elmo Loves You
Elmo’s 12 Days Of Christmas
Elmo’s New Puppy
Elmo’s Tricky Tongue Twisters
Eloise Wilkin’s Mother Goose
The Elves and The Shoemaker
The Emerald City of Oz
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Ernie’s Work of Art
Exploring Space

F-
Fairy Tale Theater- Rapunzel
Family Circus, The Daddy’s Surprise Day
Farmyard Friends
Favorite Nursery Tales (The Gingerbread Man and The Golden Goose)
Feelings From A to Z
Fire Engines
Fire Engines to the Rescue
The Fire Fighters’ Counting Book
Finding Nemo
First Bible Stories
A First Airplane Ride
The First Golden Geography
The First Little Golden Book of Fairy Tales
First Steps Look, Elmo’s Walking
Five Little Firemen
Fix It Please
The Flintstones
Fly High
The Flying Car
Floating Bananas
Flying Dinosaurs
Flying is Fun
Forest Hotel A Counting Story
Four Little Kittens
Four Puppies
The Four Seasons
Fozzie’s Funnies
Fozzie’s Fabulous Easter Parade
The Fox and the Hound Hide and Seek
A Fox Jumped Up One Winter’s Night
Fozzie’s Fabulous Easter Parade
Fozzie’s Funnies
The Friendly Book
The Friendly Bunny
Fritzi Goes Home
From Then to Now
From Trash to Treasure
A Frosty Day
Frosty the Snow Man
Funny Bunny
The Fuzzy Duckling
Favorite Nusery Tales, The Gingerbread Man and the Golden Goose
Fun For Hunkydory
Fury
Fury Takes a Jump

G-
Garfield and the Space Cat
Garfield The Cat Show
Gaston and Josephine
Gay Purree
Georgie Finds a Grandpa
Gerald McBoing Boing
Ghost Ship
The Giant who Wanted Company
The Giant With Three Golden Hairs
The Gifts of Christmas
The Gingerbread Man
The Gingerbread Shop
The Ginghams, The Backward Picnic
God Made Kittens
God is With Me
God’s World of Colors
The Golden Book of Birds
The Golden Book of Fairy Tales
The Golden Book of Flowers
The Golden Egg Book
The Golden Sleepy Book
Goliath II
The Good-by Day
The Good Humor Man
Good Little Bad Little Girl
Good Morning Good Night
Good Night, Aunt Lilly
Good Night, Little Bear
The Good Old Days
Good-bye Tonsils
Goof Troop Great Egg-Spectations
Goofy Movie Star
Gordon’s Jet Flight
The Grab Bag Party
The Grand and Wonderful Day
Grandma and Grandpa Smith
Grandpa Bunny
Grover’s Guide to Good Manners
Grover’s Own Alphabet
Growing Up Grouchy
Grover Takes Care of Baby
Guess Who Lives Here
The Gull That Lost the Sea
Gunsmoke

H-
Halloween ABC
Hansel and Gretel
The Happy Farm Animals
The Happy Garden
The Happy Golden ABC
Happy and Sad, Grouchy and Glad
Happy Birthday
Happy Days
The Happy Family
The Happy Man and His Dump Truck
Hat For a Queen, The
Happy Little Whale
Haunted Halloween (Mickey & Friends)
Heidi
Helicopters
Hercules
Hercules A Race To the Rescue
Here Comes a Parade
Here Comes the Band
Heroes of the Bible
Hey There It’s Yogi Bear
Hi Ho Three in a Row
Hiawatha
Hide & Seek
Hilda Needs Help
Hiram’s Red Shirt
Ho-Ho-Ho Baby Fozzie
Hokie Wolf and Ding A Ling
Holidays
Home on the Range
Home For a Bunny
Home On the Range
Hop Little Kangaroo
Hopping Hens Here
Hush, Hush, It’s Sleepytime
A House For a Mouse
The House That Jack Built
Houses
The House That Had Enough
How Big?
How Come You’re So Shy?
How Does Your Garden Grow?
How God Gives us Popcorn
How the Camel Got His Hump
How the Leopard Got His Spots
How Things Grow
How to Tell Time
How the Turtle Got Its Shell
How the Zebra Got His Stripes
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Howdy Doody and Clarabelle
Howdy Doody and His Magic Hat
Howdy Doody and Mr. Bluster
Howdy Doody and Santa Claus
Howdy Doody and the Princess
Howdy Doody in Funland
Howdy Doody’s Animal Friends
Howdy Doody’s Circus
Howdy Doody’s Lucky Trip
Huckleberry Hound and His Friends
Huckleberry Hound and the Christmas Sleigh
Huckleberry Hound Builds a House
Huckleberry Hound Safety Signs
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Quasimodo the Hero
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Quasimodo’s New Friend
The Hurry-Up Halloween Costume

I-
I Can’t Wait Until Christmas
I Think It’s Wonderful
I Have a Secret
I Love You Daddy
I Love You Mommy
If I Had a Dog
I Don’t Want To Go
I Can Fly
I Like to Live in the City
I’m a Truck
I’m a T Rex
I’m An Indian Today
Inspector Gadget in Africa
It’s Howdy Doody Time

J-
Jack’s Adventure
Johnny Appleseed
The Jungle Book
Just For Fun
The Jolly Barnyard
Just A Little Different
Just Like Dad
Johnny’s Machines
1 2 3 Juggle With Me, A Counting Book
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jenny’s Surprise Summer
Jenny’s New Brother
Just Say Please
Jerry At School
The Jetsons
Jiminy Cricket Fire Fighter
Just a Bad Day
Jingle Bells
Jingle Bell Jack
Just Imagine
Jumping Jacky
Just Watch Me

K-
Katie the Kitten
Kermit, Save the Swamp
The Kitten’s Surprise
King Midas and the Golden Touch
The Kitten Who Thought He Was a Mouse
King Mitch Had an Itch
Kitty on the Farm
Kitty’s New Doll
Koala Brothers Mitzi’s Day Out

L-
Laddie and the Little Rabbit
Laddie the Super Dog
Lady
Lady and the Tramp
Lady Lovelylocks and the Pixietails
Land of the Lost, The Surprise Guests
The Large and Growly Bear
Lassie
Lassie and Her Day In the Sun
Lassie and the Big Clean-Up Day
Lassie and the Daring Rescue
Lassie and the Lost Explorer
Lassie Shows the Way
Lasso the Moon
Leave it to Beaver
The Little Book
Let’s Be Thankful
Let’s Go Shopping
Let’s Go Trucks
Lets Go to the Fire Station (Mickey & Friends)
Let’s Go to the Airport (Mickey & Friends)
Lets Go to the Vet (Mickey & Friends)
Let’s Go to the Dairy Farm (Mickey & Friends)
Let’s Save Money
Lily Pig’s Book of Colors
The Little Mermaid
Little Golden Book of Hymns
The Lord is My Shepherd
Little Red Riding Hood
The Lion King
The Littlest Christmas Elf
The Little Mermaid
Lion’s Mixed Up Friends
The Little Red Caboose
Let’s Visit the Dentist
Linda and Her Little Sister
Little Brown Bear
Let’s Fly a Kite Charlie Brown
Little Pussycat
The Lion King
Lion King, No Worries: Story about Simba
Lion King, The Cave Monster
Lions Mixed Up Friends
The Lion’s Paw
Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har
Little Benny Wanted a Pony
The Little Black Puppy
Little Black Sambo
The Little Boy and the Giant
Little Boy With A Big Horn
Little Brown Bear
Little Cottontail
Little Crow
The Little Engine That Could
The Little Eskimo
The Little Fat Policeman
The Little Fingers
Little Galoshes
The Little Golden ABC
Little Golden Book Land
The Little Golden Book of Dogs
The Little Golden Book of Holidays
The Little Golden Book of Hymns
The Little Golden Book of Jokes & Riddles
The Little Golden Book of Poetry
The Little Golden Book of Uncle Wiggly
The Little Golden Book of Words
The Little Golden Funny Book
The Little Golden Holiday Book
The Little Golden Mother Goose
Little Golden Picture Dictionary
Little Gray Donkey
The Little Indian
Little Lost Kitten
Little Lulu
Little Lulu and Her Magic Tricks
Little Man of Disneyland
Little Mermaid, Ariel’s Adventure
The Little Mermaid
Little Mommy
Little Mouse’s Book of Colors
Little PeeWee
Little Pig’s Book of Colors
Little Pond in the Woods
Little Raccoon Takes Charge
The Little Red Caboose
The Little Red Hen
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Sister
The Little Trapper
Little Yip Yip and His Bark
The Littlest Christmas Elf
Littlest Raccoon
The Lively Little Rabbit
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger and the Talking Pony
The Lone Ranger and Tonto
Loopy de Loop Goes West
The Lord Is My Shepherd
The Love Bug
Lucky Mrs. Ticklefeather
The Lucky Puppy
Lucky Rabbit

M-
Machines
Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
Madeline
The Magic Compass (A Mary Poppins Story)
The Magic Friend-Maker
The Magic Next Door
The Magic Wagon
Magilla Gorilla
Make Way For the Highway
Make Way For the Thruway
Manni the Donkey
The Many Faces of Ernie
The Marvelous Merry Go Round
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins A Jolly Holiday
Maverick
McKids New Day in School
Me Cookie
The Merry Shipwreck
Mickey Mouse and the Mouseketeers Ghost Town Adventure
Mickey and the Beanstalk
Mickey Mouse and Goofy The Big Bear Scare
Mickey Mouse and His Spaceship
Mickey Mouse and Pluto Pup
Mickey Mouse and the Great Lot Plot
Mickey Mouse and the Best Neighbor Contest
Mickey Mouse and the Missing Mouseketeers
Mickey Mouse and the Musketeers (Ghost Town Adventure)
Mickey Mouse Flies the Christmas Mail
Mickey Mouse Goes Christmas Shopping
Mickey Mouse Heads for the Sky
Mickey Mouse the Kitten Sitters
Mickey Mouse Those Were The Days
Mickey Mouse’s Picnic
Mickey’s Christmas Carol
Mickey’s Walt Disney World Adventure
Mike’s Dirty, Yucky, Icky, Sticky Adventure
Minnie ‘n’ me Where’s Fifi?
Minnie’s Slumber Party
Miss Piggy Queen of Hearts
Missing Wedding Dress (Barbie featured)
Mister Dog
Mister Ed the Talking Horse
Mommies: All About the Work They Do
The Monster At the End of This Book (starring Grover)
Monster Monster
Monsters on the Bus
The Monsters’ Picnic
Mother Goose
Mother Goose in the City
Mother Goose Rhymes (Sesame Street)
Mother Goose Rhymes Again
Moving Day
Mr. Bear’s Birthday
Mr. Bell’s Fixit Shop
Mr Frumble’s Coffee Shop Disaster
Mr. Meyer’s Cow
Mr. Noah and His Family
Mr. Wiggs Birthday Party (A Mary Poppins Story)
Mr.Puffer, Bill Train Engineer
Mrs. Brisby and the Magic Stone
Mulan
Muppet Treasure Island
The Musicians of Bremen
My Baby Brother
My Baby Sister
My Book of Poems
My Christmas Book
My Christmas Treasury
My Daddy Is A Policeman
My Dolly and Me
My First Book
My First Book of Bible Stories
My First Book of Planets
My First Book of Sounds
My First Counting Book
My Home
My Kindergarten Counting Book
My Kitten
My Little Dinosaur
My Little Golden Animal Book
My Little Golden Book about Cats
My Little Golden Book About God
My Little Golden Book About the Sky
My Little Golden Book About Travel
My Little Golden Book of Cars and Trucks
My Little Golden Book of Dogs
My Little Golden Book of Fairy Tales
My Little Golden Book of Jokes
My Little Golden Book of Manners
My Little Golden Mother Goose
My Little Golden Word Book
My Own Grandpa
Muppet Treasure Island
My Puppy
My Snuggly Bunny
My Teddy Bear
My Word Book

N-
A Name For Kitty
National Velvet
Naughty Bunny
The Neatos and the Litterbug In the Mystery Of the Missing Ticket
Never Pat A Bear A Book About Signs
The New Baby
New Brother, New Sister
New Friends For the Saggy Baggy Elephant
A New Home for Snowball
The New House In the Forest
The New Kittens
The New Pony
The New Puppy
The Night Before Christmas
Noah’s Ark
Noel
Noises and Mr. Flibberty Jib
Numbers
Nurse Nancy
Nursery Rhymes
Nursery Songs
Nursery Tales
The Nutcracker

O-
Oh! Little Rabbit
Old Friends New Friends
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Old Mother Goose and Other Nursery Rhymes
Old Mother Hubbard
Old Yeller
Once Upon A Wintertime
One of the family
Ookpik the Artic Owl
Open Up My Suitcase
Oscar’s Book
Oscar’s New Neighbor
Our Baby
Our Flag
Our Puppy
Our World
Out Of My Window
The Owl and the Pussycat

P-
Pal and Peter
Pandas Take a Vacation
Pano the Train
Pantaloon
Party in Shariland
The Party Pig
Pat-A-Cake Baby’s Mother’s Goose
Pat the Bunny
Paul Revere
Pebbles Flintstone
Pepper Plays Nurse
Perfect Picnic
Perri and Her Friends
The Pet In A Jar
Peter and the Wolf
Peter Cottontail and the Great Mitten Hunt
Peter Cottontail Is On His Way
Peter Pan
Peter Pan and the Indians
Peter Pan and the Pirates
Peter Pan and Wendy
Peter Potamus
Peter Rabbit
Pete’s Dragon
Petey and I
Pets For Peter
Pick Up Sticks
The Pied Piper
Pierre Bear
Pierrot’s ABC Garden
Pink Panther and Sons Fun At the Picnic
Pink Panther in the Haunted House
Pinocchio
Pinocchio and the Whale
Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks
Play Ball
Play Street
Play With Me
Please and Thank you
Pluto and the Adventure of the Golden Scepter
Pluto Pup Goes To Sea
Pochantas
Pochantas The Voice In the Wind
Pocketful Of Nonsense
Pokemon
Poky and Friends
Poky and Friends – Lucky Ducks
Poky and Friends- Tails of Friendship
Poky and Friends- The Haunted Tracks
The Poky Little Puppy
The Poky Little Puppy Comes To Sesame Street
The Poky Little Puppy Follows His Nose Home
Poky Little Puppy Hungry Little Puppies
The Poky Little Puppy’s First Christmas
The Poky Little Puppy’s Naughty Day
The Poky Little Puppy’s Special Day
Pollyanna
Polly’s Pet
A Pony For Tony
Pooh Eeyore, Be Happy
Pooh Eeyore, You’re the Best
Pooh King of the Beasties
Pooh and the Dragon
Pooh The Best Thanksgiving Day
Pooh The Grand and Wonderful Day
Pooh The Great Riddle Contest
Pooh The Sweetest Christmas
Pooh The Very Best Easter Bunny
Pooh Trick or Treat
Pooh – Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
Pooh’s Grand Adventure- The Search For Christopher Robin
Porky Pig and Bugs Bunny, Just Like Magic
Pound Puppies- Problem Puppies
Pound Puppies- Pick of the Litter
PowerPuff Girls, Big Terrible Trouble
PowerPuff Girls, Creature Teacher
Prayers for Children
Precious Moments – Let’s Be Thankful
Precious Moments – Little Mommy
Precious Moments – Put On A Happy Face
Presto
Prince and the Pauper
The Princess and the Pea
Puff the Blue Kitten
Puppy Love
Puppy On The Farm
Puss ‘n’ Boots
Pussy Willow
The Pussy Cat Tiger

Q-
Quick Draw McGraw
Quint’s – The Cleanup

R-
Rabbit and His Friends
The Rabbit Is Next
The Rabbit’s Adventure
Raggedy Ann and Andy Five Birthday Parties
Raggedy Ann and Andy The Little Grey Kitten
Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Rainy Day Circus
Raggedy Ann and Andy Help Santa Claus
Raggedy Ann and Fido
Raggedy Ann and the Cookie Snatcher
Rags
Rainbow Brite and the Brook Meadow Deer
Rainy Day Playbook
Rapunzel
Ratatouille
Reading, Writing and Spelling
Ready Set Go – A Counting Book
The Red Little Golden Book Of Fairy Tales
The Remarkably Strong Pippi Longstocking
The Rescuers Down Under
The Rescuers
Return To Oz – Dorothy Saves the Emerald City
Return To Oz – Escape From the Witch’s Castle
Riddles, Riddles From A to Z
The Right House For Rabbit
Right’s Animal Farm
RinTinTin and Rusty
RinTinTin and the Last Indian
RinTinTin and the Outlaw
The Road Runner, A Very Scary Lesson
The Road Runner, Mid Mesa Marathon
The Road To Oz
Robert and His New Friends
Robin Hood
Robin Hood and the Daring Mouse
Robotman and His Friends At School
Rocky and His Friends
Roller Rintoo
Romper Room – A Book About Manners
Romper Room – Exercise Book
The Tale of Ronald McDonald and the Talking Plant
Rootie Kazootie Baseball Star
Rootie Kazootie Detective
Rootie Kazootie Joins the Circus
Roy Rogers and Cowboy Toby
Roy Rogers and the Indian Sign
Roy Rogers and the Mountain Lion
Roy Rogers and the New Cowboy
RS Best Balloon Ride Ever
RS Best Little Word Book Ever
RS Busiest Fire Fighters Ever
RS Chipmunks ABC
RS Chipmunk’s ABC
RS Floating Bananas
RS Hilda Needs Help
RS Mr. Frumble’s Coffee Shop Disaster
RS Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
RS The Snowstorm Surprise
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Rudolph the Red-Nosed reindeer Oh Nose
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Shines Again
Ruff and Reddy
Rumpelstiltskin
Rumpelstiltskin and the Princess and the Pea
The Runaway Squash, An American Folktale
Rupert the Rhinoceros
Rusty Goes To School

S-
The Saggy Baggy Elephant
The Saggy Baggy Elephant – No Place For Me
The Sailor Dog
Sam the Firehouse Cat
Santa’s Surprise Book
Santa’s Toy Shop
Savage Sam
Scamp – The Adventures of a Little Puppy
Scamp’s Adventure
The Scarebunny
The School Play
Scooby-Doo and the Pirate Treasure
Scooby-Doo – Snow Ghost
Scooby-Doo – The Haunted Carnival
Scuffy the Tugboat
The Secret of Walter Kitty
Sesame Street – The Together Book
Seven Dwarfs Find A House
Seven Little Postmen
The Seven Sneezes
The Shaggy Dog
Shall We Dance A Book Of Opposites
Shazam, A Circus Adventure
The Shoelace Box
The Shy Little Kitten
The Shy Little Kittens’ Secret Place
The Silly Sisters
Sing With Me – My Name Is Ernie
Singing Games
The Sleep Over Visit
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty and the Good Fairies
The Sleepy Book
Sleepytime A B C
Sly Little Bear and Other Bears
Smokey Bear and His Animal Friends
Smokey Bear and the Campers
Smokey Bear Find A Helper
Smokey the Bear
The Snoring Monster
The Snow Storm Surprise
Snow White and Rose Red
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
So Big
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Spongebob Square pants – Mr. Fancypants
Sport Goofy and the Racing Robot
Star Wars Adventure In Beggar’s Canyon
Star Wars Meltdown on Hoth
Steve Canyon
Stop and Go – A Safety Book
The Store Bought Doll
Stories of Jesus
The Story of Baby Jesus
The Story of Easter
The Story of Jesus
The Story of Jonah
Summer Vacation
Supercar
Surprise For Mickey Mouse
Surprise For Sally
Susan In the Driver’s Seat
Susie’s New Stove
Swiss Family Robinson
The Sword and the Stone

T-
Taking Care of Mom
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Tales of Wells Fargo
Talespin Ghost Ship
Tangled
Tarzan
The Tawny Scrawny Lion
The Tawny Scrawny Lion and the Clever Monkey
The Tawny Scrawny Lion Saves the Day
The Taxi That Hurried
Ten Items or Less – Counting Book
Ten Little Animals
Tex and His Toys
Theodore Mouse Goes to Sea
Theodore Mouse Up In the Air
There Are Tyrannosaurs Trying On Pants In My Bedroom
Things I Like
Things In My House
This Is My Body
This Is My Family
This Little Piggy and Other Counting Rhymes
Thomas and the Big, Big Bridge
Thomas and the Great Discovery
Thomas Breaks a Promise
Thomas May the Best Engine Win
Thomas Hero of the Rails
The Three Bears
Three Bedtime Stories
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Three Little Kittens
Three Little Pigs
Through the Picture Frame
Thumbelina
Thumper
Tickety-Tock – What Time Is It?
Tickle Me My Name Is Elmo
Tiger’s Adventure
Time For Bed
The Timid Little Kitten
Timothy Tiger’s Terrible Toothache
The Tin Woodman of Oz
Tiny Dinosaurs
The Tiny Tawny Kitten
Tiny Toon Adventures – Buster Hood
Tiny Toon Adventures – Happy Birthday Babs
Tiny Toon Adventures – Lost In the Fun House
Toad Flies High
Toby Tyler
Tom and Jerry
Tom and Jerry Meet Little Quack
Tom and Jerry’s Merry Christmas
Tom and Jerry’s Party
Tom and Jerry’s Photo Finish
Tom Thumb
Tommy Visits the Doctor
Tommy’s Camping Adventure
Tommy’s Wonderful Rides
Tonka
Tootle
Tootle and Katy Caboose – A Special Treasure
Top Cat
Topsy Turvy Circus
The Tortoise and the Hare
Touche Turtle
Toy Story
Toy Story – 2
Toy Story – 3
The Toy Soldiers
Toys
The Train To Timbuctoo
Triceratops For Lunch
Trick or Treat
Trim The Christmas Tree
Tweety and Sylvestor Birds of a Feather
Tweety Plays Catch With the Puddy Tat
Tweety’s Global Patrol
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
The Twelve Days of Christmas
The Twins
Two Little Gardeners
Two Little Miners

U-
The Ugly Dachshund,
The Ugly Duckling
Ukelele and Her New Doll
Uncle Mistletoe
Uncle Remus
Underdog and the Disappearing Ice Cream
UP!
Up In the Attic

V-
Veggie Tales – Lyle the Kindly King
Veggie Tales – Your Friend the Rat
Veggie Tales – Ballad of Little Joe
Veggie Tales – St. Nicholas
The Velveteen Rabbit
The Very Best Home For Me
The Very Best Easter Bunny
The Very Special Night
Very Busy Barbie
A Visit To the Children’s Zoo

W-
Wacky Witch and the Mystery of the King’s Gold
Wagon Train
Wall E
The Wait For Me Kitten
Wake Up, Groundhog
Wally Gator
The Waltons and the Birthday Present
Water Babies
We Help Daddy
We Help Mommy
We Like Kindergarten
We Like To Do Things
We Love Grandpa
A Wedding Is Beautiful
Whales
What Am I?
What If?
What Lily Goose Found
What Will I Be?
What’s Next Elephant
What’s Up In the Attic?
Wheels
When Bunny Grows Up
When I Grow Up
When You Were A Baby
Where Did Baby Go?
Where Do Kisses Come From?
Where Is the Bear?
Where Is the Poky Little Puppy?
Where Jesus Lived
Where Will All the Animals Go?
Where’s Woodstock?
Which Witch Is Which?
The Whispering Rabbit
Whistling Wizard
The White Bunny and His Magic Nose
Who Comes to Your House?
Who Needs A Cat?
Who Took the Top Hat Trick?
Wiggles
Wild Animal Babies
Wild Animals
Wild Kingdom A Can You Guess Book
Willie Found A Wallet
Winky Dink
Winnie the Pooh – A Day To Remember
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Patch
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
Winnie the Pooh and the Missing Bullhorn
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger
Winnie the Pooh Eeyore, Be Happy
Winnie the Pooh Meets Gopher
Winnie the Pooh – The Honey Tree
Winnie the Pooh – The Special Morning
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizards’ Duel
The Wonder of Easter
The Wonderful House
The Wonderful School
Wonders of Nature
Woodsy Owl and the Trail Bikers
Woody Woodpecker
Woody Woodpecker At the Circus
Woody Woodpecker Drawing Fun For Beginners
Woody Woodpecker Takes A Trip
Words

Y-Z
Yakky Doodle and Chopper
A Year In the City
A Year On the Farm
Yogi Bear
Yogi Bear – A Christmas Visit
Zorro
Zorro and the Secret Plan

This comprehensive list of Little Golden Books doesn’t include the many educational workbooks and activity books, coloring books, video games, paper dolls and related Golden Book toys that are available online and at some retail stores.

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The New York Times has released a new list of the best selling children’s books which includes picture books and chapter books that children of all ages love to read. Reading over the list of the best selling children’s books, and how some books remain on the top sellers list for several weeks, you can clearly see that kids books are still a favorite pastime.

These books may or may not make it on the list of best selling children’s books of all time, but if nothing else, some of these books at least deserve to be on the top of the list of most popular children’s books and added to your Christmas gift list for kids that like to read.

Here is the Top 10 list of best selling children’s picture books and chapter books, according to the NY Times, for a total of 20 children’s books.

Best Selling Children Picture Books

1. Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg and “Three Cups of Tea” by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth. (Ages 4-8) 32 weeks on the best seller list!

2. Gallop!: A Scanimation Picture Book by Rufus Butler Seder. (Ages 4-8) 95 weeks on the best seller list!

3. Marley Goes to School by John Grogan. (Ages 3-8) 6 weeks on the best seller list!

4. Goldilicious by Victoria Kann. (Ages 5-8) 15 weeks on the best seller list!

5. Oceanology: The True Account of the Voyage of the Nautilus by Ferdinand Zoticus deLessups. (Ages 9-12) 1 week on the best seller list!

6. Swing! by Rufus Butler Seder (Ages 4-8) 47 weeks on the best seller list!

7. The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinckney (Ages 4-8) 1 week on the best seller list!

8. Dewey: There’s a Cat in the Library! by Vicki Myron (Ages 4-8) 1 week on the list of best sellers!

9. Fancy Nancy: Explorer Extraordinaire! By Jane O’Connor (Ages 4-7) 19 weeks on the best seller list!

10. Truckery Rhymes (Jon Scieszka’s Trucktown) by Jon Scieszka (Ages 3-8) 2 weeks on the best seller list!

Best Selling Children Chapter Books

1. Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins (Ages 12 and up) 1 week on the NY Times best seller list!

2. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Ages 12 and up) 52 weeks on the best seller list!

3. Tricks by Ellen Hopkins (Ages 14 and up) 2 weeks on the best seller list!

4. Sent (Missing) by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Ages 8-12) 2 weeks on the best seller list!

5. L.A. Candy by Lauren Conrad (Ages 14 and up) 12 weeks on the best seller list!

6. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (Ages 12 and up) 6 weeks on the best seller list!

7. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (Ages 10 and up) 49 weeks on the best seller list!

8. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (Ages 14 and up) 46 weeks on the best seller list!

9. Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen (Ages 14 and up) 12 weeks on the best seller list!

10. Daniel X: Watch the Skies by James Patterson and Ned Rust (Ages 12 and up) 6 weeks on the best seller list!

Getting children or teens to read more often, and off of those addictive video games or vegetating in front of the television set for hours on end, is a very good thing.

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