Most of these are from before 1960, and probably a lot of them will be familiar to you. Who doesn't know the adorable faces of Eloise Wilkin..?
There are a couple here that are early 1960's that I had to add, especially "the cow went over the mountain". It was one of the first books I learned to read in first grade.
I don't know why this one has a red spine. And I never realized I had two Gingerbread Man books until just now. Cookie man is the same some the front of each book. Most of these books were in our family when I was growing up. 
Some of these I did pick up in thrift stores and flea markets along the way. And I don't plan on stopping.
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35 comments:
what a nice collection
WOW, Eileen what a delightful selection you've got there...I've been collecting them too...the older once are adorable!! xx
I grew up on Golden Books and my mom still have every single one.
Seeing those books really brought back memories! I didn't even keep all the Golden Books I read to my own children. Now I wish I had!
oh how fun.
i had abunch of these being a child of the 80's...but have NO clue where they are now.
i have one now that my kids have.
such a great post eileen.
Every single one of them looks familiar. Stories kids today probably couldn't relate to. Love them!
Great collection - brings back memories!
My children were born in the 80's and so many of those books were reprinted then. Our two favorites were "We Help Mommy" and "We Help Daddy". Alas, our third child went through a very disturbing phase of destroying books...mostly the Golden Books....and very few survived for child #4! Wish I could spot them to replace them for the older children. Thanks for showing them, wonderful memories!
Eileen, these are wonderful and they have been read a lot! Many of the covers look familiar to me.
Those are great!
What a great collection you have. These bring back lots of great memories...
what a great collection. Some of these I have never seen. Like the Cow went over the mountian. That is such a cute one. Thanks for sharing your collection.
OOOOOH, what memories this brought back!!!! I read Golden Books when I was young. You have a great collection. Thanks for sharing!!
Oh wow they are lovely all of them. I LOVE Golden Books. Do you remember (maybe they still do) they used to sell little tiny golden books? I used to buy those for my older kids when they were little. They were so darn cute. I have a few vintage books like these too. They are so fun to have.
I enjoyed seeing those book covers. They were such wholesome books for children.
Uh-oh I remember some of those books - I may be older than I thought. Thanks for sharing they were fun to look at.
Great collection!
Well that was a trip down memory lane. I know I had a few of those, and when my daughters were little we got some for them. I love Little Golden Books!!!
Wonderful collection. I am always on the lookout for my alltime favorite Golden Book of old...The Wake Up Book...but I'm not sure that's the title.
Yours are treasures.
Great, great post! I haven't seen those 'Eloise' faces in years, but it all comes right back. Super collection.
These make me feel warm and fuzzy inside! I adore Eloise Wilkins' illustrations.
Thanks for the nostalgia trip! We had a large book full of Golden Book stories which came with a vinyl record. I can still hear the voice reading The Pokey Little Puppy, The Tawny Scrawny Lion and the Saggy Baggy Elephant. How I wish I still had it!
Unbelievable collection, Eileen! I loved the little golden books and my kids had them too! I actually remember some of the ones that you are showing. Fantastic!
I too remember Golden Books from my own childhood (as well as my kids'). I especially remember one about baking a cake for Daddy but I don't remember the title. It was great seeing some of your collection.
OH! I started to tear up when I saw some of the book covers...a blast back to childhood! Thank you. What a terrific collection.
ahhhh...looking at your Golden books made me feel all warm and fuzzy. I had most of those books and still do have a few. I really enjoyed seeing your collection, thank you!
oh gosh those books bring tears to my eyes. I was raised with little golden books :-)
How wonderful, I still have at least 10 of the ones you showed. Love, the Let's help mommy and Daddy ones. thanks for sharing, jane
Hi there beautiful :D
70 wow..that's a lot! What a wonderful collection! My aunt gave my kids some old books, a full collection about 30 of them, and they enjoy it all the time, re-reading all the books. However, I must say that nothing as pretty as these ones. Much love and hugs..have a great weekend...take a quilting break since your summer stash is finished :D
What wonderful memories these bring! :)
We are such kindred spirits! I have many of those, and others as well, but not as many old-old ones as you have.
Not only are the stories sweet, but the illustrations are wonderful. Eloise Wilkin is one of my favorites. Thanks for sharing your collection! I'm going to put some of mine up for VTT one day too!
Ooooh! I never knew there was a Smokey Bear Little Golden Book! Now I'm on a mission to find one, I love Smokey! (In fact, I'm wearing a Smokey Bear t-shirt as we speak.) You should check out my blog in a couple weeks - my daughter's first birthday is Wednesday, and I used vintage Little Golden books to make the decorations. I'll post pics after her party.
Wow, what a precious collection!! I have some of this gold spine, as I ´m English teacher but I looove this little old books .
These books are the best and you
have a very nice collection of them!
I remember several of them... my mom has them all too. My favorite is..."The Color Kittens" when the kittens could not figure out how to get the color of green, then one got excited and dumped over the bucket of blue and yellow and what do you know,....it made green!
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