I was reading an article about Dr. Seuss and they said his Green Eggs and Ham was his most popular book, but it wasn’t the best-selling children’s book ever. The Poky Little Puppy was. I had never heard of it, have you? I bought a copy from Amazon, but you can view it here.
I love the innocence of it, and I’ll give it to our Friends of the Library in the hopes that some little kid will enjoy it too. Did you have any books you loved as a kid?
March 24, 2024
the children will love it. I read about half of it and I think all kids love puppies.. great idea to donate to the library
The little kid in me loves puppies too, and the idea of exploring the world. 🙂
I do remember this book. I don’t know if I had it when I was a child or my kids had it. Maybe both. I can recall my favorite book being a collection of Mother Goose nursery rhymes. I read that thing over and over. There are some I still know by heart. I can’t believe the price of the Little Golden Books these days. I almost fell over when I saw how expensive they’ve gotten.
I remember Mother Goose rhymes, and like you, some have still stuck.
Go Dog Go! Best book ever, IMHO.
Yes! I thought of that one. That’s why I bought it in Spanish. 🙂
I had this book!!! So long ago….
Thanks for telling me. 🙂
I love that book.
I’m glad you had it too.
Those Little Golden Books were the best!
Aside from Grimm’s Fairy Tales, the only ones I remember are Barbar (the elephant) and one about a platypus.
I can’t remember the titles, but I’m pretty sure I saw some Golden books. We had Mother Goose, not Grimm’s.
As a kid, we didn’t own books. But we went to the library every Saturday and came home with a pile of books. We read way too many books for any one to be particularly memorable back then. Green Eggs and Ham was our daughter’s generation; not ours.
Most of our books came from the library when we got a little older.
I think it depends on the generation but the Golden Books had many titles that suited the younger aged children. I’m not sure GB and Dr S ran the same generation
The Golden Books were the first ones that were affordable for most families. They did a great service.
Very cool, I’d completely forgotten about that one.
I had never heard of it, so it made me happy to learn about it.
A favorite with my own children when they were little and then with the grands as well. Tthe Little Golden book still sits on a bookshelf in one of our bedrooms to this day:). along with many other special ones
Thank you for telling me. 🙂