Golden Books Blog
Ron Dias
Ron Dias was an animation artist for Disney and several other companies. He got his big break by winning a national art contest sponsored by the U S Postal Office and the U S Office of Education. It was for designing a stamp called Friendship is the Key to World...
Eloise Wilkin
Eloise Margaret Burns was born on March 30, 1904 in Rochester, NY. She passed away on October 4, 1987 and in her 83 years became one of the most beloved children's illustrators of all time. The height of her popularity came when she signed an exclusive contract with...
The Boat House
Back in the 80's and 90's Golden Books was a major force. Not only did they have the best line of children's books, but they also made puzzles, tapes, videos, games, Whitman Coin Supplies, playing cards, and much more. Based in Racine, Wisconsin under the name of...
The Golden Sound Story Story
Back in the 80's there was a guy named Zeb Billings. He was a great musician, owned several piano and organ stores, and ran a sheet music company that supplied Easy Play sheet music for the booming portable keyboard business, like Casio and Yamaha. I was his sales...
The House That Had Enough
The House That Had Enough is a 1986 Big Little Golden Book and is one of my favorites. Big Little Golden Books came out from 1986 to 1988 and were similar to the regular Little Golden Books, but just a bit bigger. There were only about 37 different titles printed...
Little Little Golden Books
Little Little Golden Books are basically miniature versions of their counterpart Little Golden Books. They are the identical 24 page versions just shrunk down to about 3 inches square. They were produced in the late 80's and through the early 90's. Each book was...
Once Upon A Wintertime
Once Upon A Wintertime is a nostalgic Disney short from 1948. Originally part of the movie Melody Time it was also re-released in 1953 as a short. It is a beautifully animated story of a young couple in love in winter and includes ice skating, sleighrides, and several...
About Golden Book Guy
My name is Dick Schultz and I call myself the Golden Book Guy. I’ve been distributing Golden Books since 1991 when Golden asked me to take over their mail order, school, and library business. Even through their bankruptcy in the late 90’s I’ve specialized in the...
Finding Your Lost Childhood Books
One of the things I love most about my website is hooking people up with the books they grew up with. Little Golden Books are known as basically toddler age story books, and that is the beauty of them. Those are the ages that you are first learning to read and...