Many popular authors and illustrators have worked on Little Golden Books and related products, including:
AUTHORS:
Annie North Bedford – GoodReads – GoldenGems – Bugs Bunny and The IndiansCarl Memling – Good Reads – Hanna-Barbera Top Cat #453 , Rupert the Rhinoceros #419, The Flinstones #8012 (A Big Golden Book)
Corinne Malvern – GoodReads – Amazon – A Day at the Seashore, The Little Golden Book of Hymns, Heidi, Doctor Dan the Bandage Man, Singing Games, Frosty, Christmas CarolsDick Kelsey – GoldenGems – Walt Disney’s Little Man of Disneyland, Walt Disney’s Donald Duck and The WitchEloise Wilkin – GoodReads – Amazon – The New House in the ForestJane Werner Watson – ThriftBooks – GoodReads – GoldenGems (2) – Walt Disney’s Cinderella (a Big Golden Book), The Lion’s PawKathleen N. Daly – GoodReads – Aladdin and his Magic Lamp #371, Walt Disney’s Big Red #D102Kathryn Jackson – Good Reads – The Little Trapper, Tawny Scrawny LionLiz Dauber – GoldenGems – Howdy Doody’s Circus – DetailMargaret Wise Brown – GoodReads – GoldenGems (13) – Two Little Gardeners, Doctor Squash, the Doll Doctor , The Train to Timbuctoo, The Steam RollerS. Quentin Hyatt – GoodReads – Golden Gems – Yogi Bear A Christmas VisitILLUSTRATORS:
Al Dempster – GoodReads – GoldenGems (4) – Donald Duck and Santa Claus,Al White – GoodReads – GoldenGems (5) – The Big Blog of Kids Comics – Dick Tracy, Hanna-Barbera’s Huckleberry Hound Safety Signs, Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear, Top Cat (Big Golden Book) * Ruff and Reddy (Hanna-Barbera), Hanna Barbera Magilla Gorilla (A Little Golden Book, #547)Alice and Martin Provensen – GoldenGems – The Animal Fair, A Catholic Child’s Bible, The Golden CircusAurelius Battaglia GoldenGems (6) – Little Boy With a Big Horn, Pets for Peter, Baby’s Mother GooseArt Seiden – GoodReads – GoldenGems (10) – Never Pat a Bear- A Book About Signs, Howdy Doody and Santa Claus, Howdy Doody in Funland, Howdy Doody and the Princess, Howdy Doody and his magic hat, Howdy Doody and Clarabell, The Train to Timbuctoo* Brice Mack – GoldenGems – Walt Disney’s Peter Pan and the IndiansBob Staake – Official Website – GoodReads – Robots, Robots Everywhere!, Little Golden Picture Dictionary, I’m A Monster Truck, The Steam RollerCampbell Grant – GoldenGems – Ben and Me, Ukelele and her New Doll,Claude Humbert – GoldenGems – Littlest Raccoon, *My Word Book: A Little Golden Book #525Dan Gormley and Liz Dauber – GoldenGems – Bio – Howdy Doody’s Circus,* Dick Kinney – GoldenGems – Walt Disney’s Peter Pan and the Indians AmazonFeodor Rojankovsky – ThriftBooks – The Three Bears, Kitty on the Farm, Wild Animals #499, The True Story of Smokey the Bear (A Big Golden Book)Frans Van Lamsweerde – GoldenGems – Hokey Wolf and Ding-A-Ling featuring Huckleberry Hound,Fred Irvin – GoodReads – Superstar Barbie: The Fairy Princess , Land of the Lost: The Surprise GuestsGeorge Santos – *Loopy De Loop Goes West #417 Note: Archived Loopy De Loop: The Complete Collection by Warner Archive Collection
Gertrude Elliott – GoodReads – Two Little Gardeners, The Happy Family, The Little Golden Book of Words, The Gingerbread Shop: A Story From Mary Poppins, Mr. Wigg’s Birthday Party : A Story From “Mary Poppins”Gustaf Tenggren – GoodReads – GoldenGems (10) – The Little Trapper, Tenggren’s Topsy Turvy Circus, Tenggren’s The Golden Goose, Tenggren’s Thumbelina, The Little Trapper, Tawny Scrawny Lion, The Shy Little Kitten, The Saggy Baggy Elephant, The Poky Little Puppy, The Lion’s Paw, Tenggren’s The Giant with the Three Golden HairsHamilton Greene – LibraryThing – *Horses #459, Rin Tin Tin and the Lost Indian, Buffalo Bill Jr., Walt Disney’s Zorro and the Secret PlanHarvey Eisenberg – LibraryThing – Hanna-Barbera Ruff and Reddy #378, MGM’s Tom and Jerry, Tom and Jerry Meet Little Quack, Huckleberry Hound Builds a House, MGM’s Tom and Jerry’s Party, MGM’s Tom and Jerry’s Merry ChristmasHawley Pratt – GoldenGems, GoodReads – Big Blog of Comics – Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har #508, Dick Tracy, Quick Draw McGraw #398, Magilla Gorilla (Big Golden Book), plus Gay Purr-ee, The Jetsons, Bullwinkle #462, Hanna Barbera Wally Gator #502, Hanna Barbera Magilla Gorilla, Hanna Barbera The Flintstones #8012 (A Big Golden Book), Hanna Barbera Peter Potamus #556, *Dennis The Menace And Ruff, Walt Disney’s The Wizards’ Duel, Fearless Firemoose! (Rocky & Bullwinkle),J.P. Miller – GoodReads – GoldenGems (13) – The Circus ABC, Little Galoshes, The Musicians of Bremen, The Little Red Hen, The Little Golden Funny Book, The Marvelous Merry-Go-Round, Doctor Squash, the Doll Doctor, The House That Jack BuiltLeonard Weisgard – Good Reads – GoldenGems (2) – Pantaloon #114, Wheels #141Louise W. Myers – GoodReads – GoldenGems (2) – Paper Dolls; A Little Golden Activity Book #A47Lowell Hess – GoodReads – GoldenGems – My Christmas Treasury (a Big Golden Book), Aladdin and his Magic Lamp #371, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: A Story from A Thousand and One Arabian NightsMary Blair – GoodReads – GoldenGems – I Can Fly, The Golden Book of Little Verses, Walt Disney’s Surprise Package (Cover)Mel Crawford – Good Reads – GoldenGems (29) – Bil Baird’s Whistling Wizard #132, Rootie Kazootie Detective, Rootie Kazootie Baseball Star #190, Hanna-Barbera’s The Flintstones #450, Hanna Barbera Pebbles Flintstone #531, Big Red #D102, Lassie and Her Day in the Sun, Smokey and His Animal Friends #387, Smokey Bear And The Campers , Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan, CatsMoritz Kennel – GoodReads – GoldenGems – Old MacDonald Had a Farm, My Little Golden Animal Book, Animal Counting BookNorm McGary – GoodReads – GoldenGems (2) – Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har HarRetta Scott Worcester – GoodReads – GoldenGems (2) – Christmas in the Country, Walt Disney’s Cinderella (a Big Golden Book)Richard Scarry – GoodReads – GoldenGems (6) – Rabbit and his Friends, Winky Dink, The Animals Merry Christmas, Richard Scarry’s Christmas Mice, *The Golden Calendar – 1956Richard L. Kelsey – GoldenGems – Bugs Bunny and the IndiansSamuel Armstrong – GoodReads – Walt Disney’s Lady, Walt Disney’s Donald Duck’s Toy Sailboat,Sylvia and Burnett Mattinson – – Golden Gems – Yogi Bear A Christmas VisitTibor Gergely – – GoodReads – The Taxi That Hurried, TootleTom McKimson – GoodReads – Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig and Bugs Bunny: Just Like Magic!Tom Obed – GoodReads – GoldenGems Walt Disney’s Once Upon a Wintertime #D12Jim McDermott
Garth Williams
Herbert Zim
* Alice Provensen and Martin Provensen Joel Brinkerhoff Blog
* Walt Disney’s It’s a Small World – GoldenGems Illustrator unknown Copyright 1968
* Vernon Grant – Rice Krispies Pamphlet
Source: Wiki, Fandom, LibraryThing, Big Blog Comics, Ebay
