09/06/2022
Re: MICHELLE MALKIN: Goofus and Gallant Go Woke
From: A Berkeley Reader
Little Golden Books have been an American institution since the series’ inception in 1942. As a child in the early 1950s I read (or had read to me) The Little Red Hen, A Day at the Zoo, and The Seven Sneezes. The cover art was by Rudolf Freund and Tibor Gergely, both distinguished illustrators. (The Hungarian-born Gergely designed many other Little Golden Books, whereas Freund was best known as a scientific illustrator and naturalist. Two of these three titles were later “updated” with artwork grossly inferior to that of the originals. But I digress.)
The current fare for children in my local bookstore instead celebrates the following individuals:
And, should parents desire more reading matter, the publishers helpfully suggest a few other titles on the back cover:
Note that among the human subjects, non-whites outnumber whites two to one.
The Poky Little Puppy,an anomaly among the other featured items, was one of the first twelve titles published in 1942, and is the all-time best seller among Little Golden Books.
See earlier letters from the same reader.
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