Tawny Scrawny Lion & Others

Have you ever read The Tawny, Scrawny Lion? It's a Little Golden Book. "Once there was a tawny scrawny lion who chased monkeys on Monday—kangaroos on Tuesday—zebras on Wednesday—bears on Thursday—camels on Friday—and on Saturday, elephants!"
So begins the funny, classic Golden story of a family of ten fat rabbits that teaches the hungry lion to eat carrot stew—so that he doesn't eat them!

Written in 1947 as part of the Big Little Golden Book series, the Saggy Baggy Elephant is the harrowing tale of an elephant who cannot escape the social pressures to keep a slim and trim figure.

Our story begins with a happy little elephant dancing through the jungle. Happy until an obnoxious parrot begins to make fun of the elephant for its sagging skin. Suddenly the elephant becomes extremely self-conscious about its appearance and considers a series of drastic measures to try to improve itself.

The story of the Little Red Caboose see the little caboose saving the day when a large train full of cars beings to loose steam going up a mountain the the little caboose puts on its breaks and stops the train from rolling back down the mountain long enough for another large steam engine to come up behind them and push them all safely up the hill.

 From the the website: http://www.randomhouse.com/golden/lgb/story.html

When Little Golden Books launched in 1942 at 25 cents each,  they changed  publishing history. For the first time, children's books  were high quality and low-priced. They were available to almost all  children, not just a privileged few. Little Golden Books were designed  to be sturdy (a new concept), delightfully illustrated, and to be sold not only in  bookstores, but department stores and other chains (another new concept). Little Golden Books were an instant success story, even though WWII was Since then, over two billion Little Golden Books have reached the hands Little Golden Books have mirrored children's popular culture Many famous writers and illustrators created Little Golden Books,  Today, Little Golden Books are an icon. The Smithsonian   on and paper shortages loomed. Five months after the launch,  1.5 million copies had been printed, and LGBs were in their third printing. Since then, over two billion Little Golden Books have reached the hands  of children all over the world. Who hasn't heard of The Poky Little Puppy,  star of the best-selling Little Golden Book of all? It has sold well over 15 million  copies worldwide, in many different languages. Tootle the Train,  The Saggy Baggy Elephant, The Shy Little Kitten, The Little Red Caboose,  The Tawny Scrawny Lion, and Scuffy the Tugboat soon followed, to become  household names.  over the years, having featured Lassie, Raggedy Ann, Uncle Wiggily,  Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Howdy Doody, Annie Oakley,  Captain Kangaroo, Bozo the Clown, Gene Autrey, The Lone Ranger,  Smokey Bear, Disney, Warner Brothers, Hanna Barbera, Sesame Street,  Pokemon, and Between the Lions characters, Mister Rogers, Barney,  Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Underdog,  Peter Cottontail, Barbie, and others. Dr. Ruth Westheimer has just  penned a story about grandparents starring herself. notably Margaret Wise Brown, author of GOODNIGHT MOON (Harper).  Her LGBs were often illustrated by Garth Williams, most famous for his  illustrations for CHARLOTTE'S WEB, STUART LITTLE, and the "Little House"  series. Richard Scarry began his career at Golden Books and did most of his  most famous books here, from Little Golden Books to his beloved  oversized books CARS AND TRUCKS AND THINGS THAT GO,  and RICHARD SCARRY'S BEST WORD BOOK EVER! Eloise Wilkin,  famous for her stunning  paintings of cherubic children, illustrated dozens of  LGBs. Caldecott medalists James Marshall, Tibor Gergely,Leonard Weisgard,  Alice and Martin Provensen, and Trina Schart Hyman  have illustrated Little Golden Books. Institution includes Little Golden Books and artwork in its Division of Cultural History.