Published: 1 December 2007
ISBN: 9780375829963
Imprint: Golden Books
Format: Hardback
RRP: $74.99

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Golden Legacy

The Story of Golden Books

Leonard S. Marcus

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How Golden Books won children’s hearts and changed publishing forever.

The year 2007 marks the 65th anniversary of a bold experiment: the launch of the Little Golden Books during the dark days of World War II. At a time when the literacy rate was not nearly as high as it is now - and privation was felt by nearly all - quality books for children would now be available at a price nearly everyone could afford (25 cents), and sold where ordinary people shopped. GOLDEN LEGACY is a lively history of a company, a line of books, the groundbreaking writers and artists who created them, the clever mavericks who marketed and sold them, and the cultural landscape that surrounded them.

Published: 1 December 2007
ISBN: 9780375829963
Imprint: Golden Books
Format: Hardback
RRP: $74.99

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About the author

Leonard S. Marcus

Leonard S. Marcus has written many award-winning books, including Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the Moon. A frequent contributor to The New York Times Book Review, Washington Post Book World, The Horn Book, and Publishers Weekly, Marcus's book reviews have been featured in every issue of Parenting magazine since it was founded in 1987. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.