Thank you, Kathleen. We also got this book series in Norway. Published by a social democratic publisher and translated by a young proletarian writer, Alf Prøysen, who became a legend and a common property for both children and adults, as a writer and singer-songwriter. The CIA seems to have been everywhere here with us, through the extensive Marshall Plan after WW2.
What were they called in Norway? The history video focuses on the U.S. and how they cost so little that they were everywhere. They are cheerful books and the essay I read about them in France is quite complex with French communists wary that they made the USA look like such fun. The article in Book history is kind of long but I think I could send it to you if you e-mail me--klmccook@gmail.com
Yes, please, Kathleen. They were called Gullbøkene - The Golden Books. Some of them were Disney titles but not all. Donald Duck was one of few cartoon series here then (for one reason or another Mickey Mouse only played a supporting role here). And the books were probably cheap here too, my parents didn't buy many expensive books.
Thanks for the reminder about Little Golden Books, being from the Midwest, they were plentiful in my childhood. Although "The Pokey Little Puppy" was there too, dinosaurs, wooly mammoths and space rockets may have figured more than puppies in those I received, there was even one on minerals and geology.
Re: Children's books representing a generations values & ideals? Guilty as charged! I am giving my niece "Computer Engineering for Big Babies" this Christmas...
Thank you, Kathleen. We also got this book series in Norway. Published by a social democratic publisher and translated by a young proletarian writer, Alf Prøysen, who became a legend and a common property for both children and adults, as a writer and singer-songwriter. The CIA seems to have been everywhere here with us, through the extensive Marshall Plan after WW2.
What were they called in Norway? The history video focuses on the U.S. and how they cost so little that they were everywhere. They are cheerful books and the essay I read about them in France is quite complex with French communists wary that they made the USA look like such fun. The article in Book history is kind of long but I think I could send it to you if you e-mail me--klmccook@gmail.com
Yes, please, Kathleen. They were called Gullbøkene - The Golden Books. Some of them were Disney titles but not all. Donald Duck was one of few cartoon series here then (for one reason or another Mickey Mouse only played a supporting role here). And the books were probably cheap here too, my parents didn't buy many expensive books.
Btw, Alf Prøysen, the translator, was the author of Mrs. Pepperpot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Pepperpot. And here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_Prøysen
I didn't find many other articles on GB outside of US and France....now we need to look to Alf.
The videos of the story of the Little Golden Books is fascinating. I had no idea there was such a long history behind them.
Me either! And I had no idea about Frnace!
Thanks for the reminder about Little Golden Books, being from the Midwest, they were plentiful in my childhood. Although "The Pokey Little Puppy" was there too, dinosaurs, wooly mammoths and space rockets may have figured more than puppies in those I received, there was even one on minerals and geology.
Re: Children's books representing a generations values & ideals? Guilty as charged! I am giving my niece "Computer Engineering for Big Babies" this Christmas...
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/babyengineering/computer-engineering-for-big-babies?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=Computer%20engineering%20for%20big%20