Reviews for Golden Legacy: How Golden Books Won Children's Hearts, Changed Publishing Forever, and Became an American Icon Along the Way

The average rating for Golden Legacy: How Golden Books Won Children's Hearts, Changed Publishing Forever, and Became an American Icon Along the Way based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-10-20 00:00:00 Gary Schulz Although this book contains a lot of information, there is also much that is not included, and the curious but unsatisfied reader is forced to look elsewhere to hunt down things. For example, the magnificent (and very influential) Deluxe Golden Books of the late 1950s and 1960s really ought to be the subject of a separate presentation. Here they are treated as an aside, at best. There is absolutely no mention of The Golden Treasury of Natural History, The World We Live In, The Epic of Man, The Golden Book of Lost Worlds: Great Civilizations of the Past, Man and Power, The Golden Book of the Renaissance, The Golden Book of America, The American Indian, The Golden Book of the American Revolution, The Golden Book of the Civil War, The Second World War, The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments, or The Golden Book Of Science. Although there were some connections (through authors like Jane Werner Watson), these were books of an entirely different character than the Little Golden Books. Other wonderful titles like the Tenggren King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and the Benvenuti The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood are also unmentioned. This gives a somewhat unbalanced view of what the publisher managed to accomplish over the years. Given some time, I'd be able to come up with several more issues.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-07-17 00:00:00 Luis Granados chavez I admit that I gave up reading at one point and just looked at all the pictures. These were pictures from books at my grandmother's house, of books always on the shelf at home. Fresh-faced, apple-cheeked children, colorful, smiling animals...a good journey back in time. The story is an interesting look at the publishing industry - how it has changed, and how it continues to change, especially with the introduction of new technology. I wonder if there will be favorite picture books that children only experience in electronic form. I have managed to integrate the electronic media format into my life, but I am still most in love with the pictures I see in physical books.