tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087940973013594269.post4130705409127324495..comments2024-03-28T20:41:08.251-05:00Comments on Mid2Mod: Back in the day: Golden BooksDana@Mid2Modhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03055460107477850683noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087940973013594269.post-9246690679967584742012-04-27T20:50:34.527-05:002012-04-27T20:50:34.527-05:00I confess that my favorite part of their visits is...I confess that my favorite part of their visits is reading time. When I have both those angels in my lap and they're hanging on every words and picture, my heart melts.Dana@Mid2Modhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03055460107477850683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087940973013594269.post-77649585581187794662012-04-27T17:42:50.131-05:002012-04-27T17:42:50.131-05:00Me thinks you might be enjoying it too, your makin...Me thinks you might be enjoying it too, your making lovely memories!Pippahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07615558574770342802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087940973013594269.post-10281848228316077802012-04-27T03:28:52.531-05:002012-04-27T03:28:52.531-05:00Grandson #1 is obsessed with The Little Red Caboos...Grandson #1 is obsessed with The Little Red Caboose right now. I can't begin to guess how many times I've read it in the last few days. :)Dana@Mid2Modhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03055460107477850683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087940973013594269.post-10300994377808175432012-04-27T03:16:05.813-05:002012-04-27T03:16:05.813-05:00Very sweet post Dana, love the train books, will l...Very sweet post Dana, love the train books, will look out for them! :)Pippahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07615558574770342802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087940973013594269.post-90249098086111463182012-04-26T15:37:49.753-05:002012-04-26T15:37:49.753-05:00Yes, I read that they had 1200 unique titles in 20...Yes, I read that they had 1200 unique titles in 2002 when they celebrated their 60th anniversary, so it's bound to be 1500 or more by now. Buying all those new would be pretty costly as well, because they're selling now for $3.99, as opposed to the 25 cents they cost when I was a kid.Dana@Mid2Modhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03055460107477850683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087940973013594269.post-3921847934382336242012-04-26T15:32:21.578-05:002012-04-26T15:32:21.578-05:00I don't think I had the one that taught you to...I don't think I had the one that taught you to tell time, but how well I remember Weekly Readers! I loved those things.Dana@Mid2Modhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03055460107477850683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087940973013594269.post-58079345747679879992012-04-26T15:31:38.361-05:002012-04-26T15:31:38.361-05:00Aw, such a wonderful story about your great-grandm...Aw, such a wonderful story about your great-grandmother! I know she was looking down on that Cinderella set with tremendous pride!Dana@Mid2Modhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03055460107477850683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087940973013594269.post-76354047779206817672012-04-26T15:30:09.053-05:002012-04-26T15:30:09.053-05:00I bet your school desk and Golden Book display is ...I bet your school desk and Golden Book display is great. What a good idea! There really is something highly appealing about vintage books, isn't there?Dana@Mid2Modhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03055460107477850683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087940973013594269.post-40827628080840987262012-04-26T15:28:41.103-05:002012-04-26T15:28:41.103-05:00It really is fun to read the same stories to the b...It really is fun to read the same stories to the boys that were read to me and that I read to their mother. And they seem to enjoy them as much as I did when I was their age. Amazing!Dana@Mid2Modhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03055460107477850683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087940973013594269.post-72484479813485624702012-04-26T15:27:44.538-05:002012-04-26T15:27:44.538-05:00I would think that Golden Books are highly collect...I would think that Golden Books are highly collectible, so I'm sure you won't have any trouble selling them.Dana@Mid2Modhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03055460107477850683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087940973013594269.post-28621553620350456032012-04-26T14:21:15.361-05:002012-04-26T14:21:15.361-05:00That is awsome the book came with bandaids and wha...That is awsome the book came with bandaids and what a cute story. *heheh* Doctor Dan.<br />I want to start collecting golden books for the future... but I think of how many there actually is and the task seems OVERWHELMING. *AAHAHHAAH*Vintage Coconuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01066185329988715511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087940973013594269.post-65148741779907743732012-04-26T12:33:33.637-05:002012-04-26T12:33:33.637-05:00I think one book had clock hands to teach you how ...I think one book had clock hands to teach you how to tell time. In elementary school we would get a weekly reader magazine. Still have the first one from 1963 and the whole collection up to the late 60's. Perhaps a post on them would be fun?John Bachmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00711433957628649844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087940973013594269.post-81895990608754519602012-04-26T12:19:57.123-05:002012-04-26T12:19:57.123-05:00How Sweet! My love for the story and 1950 Disney m...How Sweet! My love for the story and 1950 Disney movie "Cinderella" came from a Little Golden Book, My Great Grandmother Avery would read it to me over and over (Her choosing this book to read to me was more for the "It's Possible" mantra v.s. poor girl growing up to be a princess) I have the same book she read to me from and intend to read it to my kids someday. How serendipitus it was 11 years after my Great Grand mothers last oratory of the book (she was killed in a car accident in 1999) I would land a job at the Theatre for set design/dressing and my very first paid show would be Rodgers and Hammerstiens "Cinderella". She was infact right, "It's Possible" :)Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403425991447291560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087940973013594269.post-48790114416549590072012-04-26T11:15:10.828-05:002012-04-26T11:15:10.828-05:00Very nice post! These books are not only appealin...Very nice post! These books are not only appealing as reading material, but as objects. They have nice heft, great colors and graphics, and just exude nostalgia. And "I Am A Bunny" goes perfectly with my Danish furniture and tangerine/sky blue color scheme. It sits on a vintage British folding school desk scratched with things like "Ian 4 Anna" and "Shaz 4 Wez." I've also been enjoying finding paperbacks from Scholastic Book Services that we would order from our classrooms in grade school (in the 1960s). And I also love those 1950s Perry Mason and pulp paperbacks with the leggy blondes on the cover. This all makes collecting so fun!Dante Notohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09772959759791350796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087940973013594269.post-78302596714763008562012-04-26T09:49:19.982-05:002012-04-26T09:49:19.982-05:00Such a sweet post! And nice to see so many of the...Such a sweet post! And nice to see so many of these are still read by little ones today.Tanya from Dans le Lakehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04380013339154808400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087940973013594269.post-82174959601959256212012-04-26T05:40:39.764-05:002012-04-26T05:40:39.764-05:00So funny that you mention these...I happen to have...So funny that you mention these...I happen to have a stack of vintage Golden Books, 3 of which are collectibles, to get rid of...I collect vintage books, not children's books, but when I come across these, I always get them because they are so darling. I even have the Little Golden Book, "Wagon Train" based on the tv show of that time. I'm sure everyone remembers that show.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16492702540518201288noreply@blogger.com